Abu Hurairah RA reported: Messenger of Allah
(sallallaahu ’alayhi wa sallam) said: "Take my
advice with regard to women: Act kindly towards
women, for they were created from a rib, and the
most crooked part of a rib is its uppermost. If you
attempt to straighten it; you will break it, and if
you leave it alone it will remain crooked; so act
kindly toward women". (Bukhari and Muslim)