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<hadith_export source="ParallelQuran.com" exported="2026-06-20T15:40:56Z" count="1">
  <hadith number="5271" global_number="25777">
    <collection>Sunan Abi Dawud</collection>
    <book>General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)</book>
    <narrators>
      <narrator>Da&apos;ud bin Abi Salah داود بن أبي صالح الليثي</narrator>
      <narrator>ibn Umar</narrator>
      <narrator>Muhammad bin Yahya bin Hiban محمد بن يحيى بن حبان</narrator>
      <narrator>Nafie&apos; نافع مولى ابن عمر</narrator>
      <narrator>Salm bin Qutayba, Abu Qutayba سلم بن قتيبة الشعيري - أبو قتيبة</narrator>
    </narrators>
    <grade>Sahih</grade>
    <text>A woman used to perform circumcision in Medina. The Prophet (ﷺ) said to her: Do not cut severely as that is better for a woman and more desirable for a husband.
Abu Dawud said: It has been transmitted by ‘Ubaid Allah b. ‘Amr from ‘Abd al-Malik to the same effect through a different chain.
Abu Dawud said: It is not a strong tradition. It has been transmitted in mursal form (missing the link of the Companions)
Abu Dawud said: Muhammad b. Hasan is obscure, and this tradition is weak.</text>
    <url>https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sunan-abi-dawud-5271/</url>
  </hadith>
</hadith_export>
