Tirmidhi Book 37, Hadith 2502

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ،‏‏‏‏ وَعَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ،‏‏‏‏ قَالَا:‏‏‏‏ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْأَقْمَرِ، عَنْ أَبِي حُذَيْفَةَ، وَكَانَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ:‏‏‏‏ حَكَيْتُ لِلنَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَجُلًا، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقَالَ:‏‏‏‏ مَا يَسُرُّنِي أَنِّي حَكَيْتُ رَجُلًا، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَأَنَّ لِي كَذَا وَكَذَا، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَتْ:‏‏‏‏ فَقُلْتُ:‏‏‏‏ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ صَفِيَّةَ امْرَأَةٌ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَقَالَتْ بِيَدِهَا:‏‏‏‏ هَكَذَا كَأَنَّهَا تَعْنِي قَصِيرَةً، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقَالَ:‏‏‏‏ لَقَدْ مَزَجْتِ بِكَلِمَةٍ لَوْ مَزَجْتِ بِهَا مَاءَ الْبَحْرِ لَمُزِجَ .

Abu Hudhaifah narrated - and he was one of the companions of 'Abdullãh bin Mas'üd - from 'Aishah who said: I told the Prophet (ﷺ) about a man, so he said: 'I do not like to talk about a man, even if I were to get this or that (for doing so). She said: I said: 'O Messenger of Allah! Safiyyah is a woman who is ... and she used her hand as if to indicate that she is short - So he said: 'You have said a statement which, if it were mixed in with the water of the sea, it would pollute it.