So, My very anti theist, especially anti Islamic friend emailed me this hadith and asked what I 'thought' of it and how I reconciled it with modern thought cos it seems impossible, and I can't so can someone else.
Or tell me it's not authentic or something.
Sahih Bukhari Volume 1, Book 6, Number 301: Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri:
Once Allah's Apostle went out to the Musalla (to offer the prayer) o 'Id-al-Adha or Al-Fitr prayer. Then he passed by the women and said, "O women! Give alms, as I have seen that the majority of the dwellers of Hell-fire were you (women)." They asked, "Why is it so, O Allah's Apostle ?" He replied, "You curse frequently and are ungrateful to your husbands. I have not seen anyone more deficient in intelligence and religion than you. A cautious sensible man could be led astray by some of you." The women asked, "O Allah's Apostle! What is deficient in our intelligence and religion?" He said, "Is not the evidence of two women equal to the witness of one man?" They replied in the affirmative. He said, "This is the deficiency in her intelligence. Isn't it true that a woman can neither pray nor fast during her menses?" The women replied in the affirmative. He said, "This is the deficiency in her religion."
This has a pretty detailed explanation
I havent seen any explanation that is really convincing, but one has been hinted at in those answers, in that "have not seen anyone more deficient in intelligence and religion than you. A cautious sensible man could be led astray by some of you."" is not two phrases, but one - that it is not a blot on womens intelligence in general,but that even those women l;acking in intelligence can have an effect on men.
"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.
Thanks for that
and You, I have no idea what you're on about
but is the above link not a convincing expl? If not, why not?
#Before you look at the thorns of the rose , look at it's beauty. Before you complain about the heat of the sun , enjoy it's light. Before you complain about the blackness of the night, think of it's peace and quiet... #
If you find it convincing, it is convincing.
It has the views of a few different people in it to explain the hadith.
"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.
I was asking if you found it convincing
#Before you look at the thorns of the rose , look at it's beauty. Before you complain about the heat of the sun , enjoy it's light. Before you complain about the blackness of the night, think of it's peace and quiet... #
I really want to read Noor's link but it's so long. If anyone is kind enough to summarise, I would appreciate, otherwise no worries, I will read when i have time to.
I haven't read it either.
I skim read it and I think at the base of it what it's getting at is that this Hadith is taken out of context.
#Before you look at the thorns of the rose , look at it's beauty. Before you complain about the heat of the sun , enjoy it's light. Before you complain about the blackness of the night, think of it's peace and quiet... #
Just read Sheikh G.F. Haddad's explanation.
Maybe he was referring to THOSE particular women that were doing those things perhaps???
or maybe women are just all evil
men sometimes never accept repsonsibility for their actions
its al;ways a womans fault
deficient in religion is self explanatory i believe. but common,who doesnt enjoy the holiday?
deficient in intelligence is more ..complicated... i believe its a matter of "God-created-you-therefore-he-knows-you-better" which is exactly what the propht (pbuh) did: mention the witness thing which i believe is mentionned in the Quran.
I am sure an explanation by a scholar would be MUCH MUCH better. have you thought about referring your friends to like a group of student of knowledge who can pass on or put him in contact with scholars who could answer his questions with much less of the "i think..euh...maybe...if you turn it this way and bend your head that way..." stuff.
Is it true? Is it kind? Is it necessary?
Someone else I know who's Muslim said that cos she's Muslim and a feminist she 'rejects' this hadith, which I found weird.
Are we allowed to just 'reject' sahih hadiths?
Doesnt that go against the whole best of creation thing?
#Before you look at the thorns of the rose , look at it's beauty. Before you complain about the heat of the sun , enjoy it's light. Before you complain about the blackness of the night, think of it's peace and quiet... #
But why could you not JUST take on the ethical framework then?
Like atheists being all for the 10 commandments?
#Before you look at the thorns of the rose , look at it's beauty. Before you complain about the heat of the sun , enjoy it's light. Before you complain about the blackness of the night, think of it's peace and quiet... #
That is weird.
What we can question is the meaning and the interpretation of it all.
a potential meaning is that "you should give to the charity/war effort and be wary of God because one of you that is not to clever could still be seductive" or something.
That is hinted at in some of the explanations, but I do not know enough arabic etc to say that that is the case (and I have not even gone through the translated version right now to make sure it fits).
(or on the other hand, quoting your quote, she is willing to reject a hadith because she dislikes it... but then again men are capable of doing that too.)
(does the wording of the hadith imply that women are *more* defective in that sense?)
"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.
Wow thanks for putting this hadith on here as i don't think alot of people would understand it and some would just misunderstand it yet still preach it.
I myself wasn't even aware of this hadith and i would be baffled if someone quoted it to me.
Just read Noor' link and that has all the answers you need, it has various answers by various scholars. It's still hard to understand but it cleared my mind of thinking it sounds sexist.
Jazakallah Khairun
Lets reunite the ummah under one flag LA ILAHA IL ALLAH MUHAMMADUR RASULULLAH
but if you dont get something. its not good to just ignore it. shoudlnt you try and get it?
Is it true? Is it kind? Is it necessary?
Not always, more often than not there are easy explanations but sometimes some things may be outside your comprehension.
In those cases it is a case of "I believe in God and I trust that this was for the best".
"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.
if this was the definition of ignoring i'd be all out for it. but i'm not sure thats what everyone mean by ignoring.
Is it true? Is it kind? Is it necessary?
i like.
Is it true? Is it kind? Is it necessary?
Haha she sounds cool, very stereotypically hippy sounding
But the other stuff before that is moot in terms of generally talking about people converting for the sake of an ethical framework. Louder bangs and majorities etc don't count if you're only taking morality from a religion
I'm just saying, it's perfectly easy to think that say Shariah has the right idea without having to say 'I believe in the Shariah, therefore I believe in Allah' because you can easily take on the morals without the label and the grouping, and because it's a big leap from thinking someone has the right idea morally or not and suddenly believing there is a deity that exists.
I'm not sure if I have the wrong end of the stick and am talking about something completely random here though xD
#Before you look at the thorns of the rose , look at it's beauty. Before you complain about the heat of the sun , enjoy it's light. Before you complain about the blackness of the night, think of it's peace and quiet... #
You're welcome (:
#Before you look at the thorns of the rose , look at it's beauty. Before you complain about the heat of the sun , enjoy it's light. Before you complain about the blackness of the night, think of it's peace and quiet... #
Women are the snares of Satan [Razin]
Would you care to elaborate?
Reported by who?
Lets reunite the ummah under one flag LA ILAHA IL ALLAH MUHAMMADUR RASULULLAH
[razin] i believe thats a poet.
Is it true? Is it kind? Is it necessary?
I've just scanned the page. Its hadith no. 19
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NOW that makes sense. It's true shaytan does use them to lure men into sin.
Lets reunite the ummah under one flag LA ILAHA IL ALLAH MUHAMMADUR RASULULLAH
What book is this?
"Verily, in the remembrance of Allah, do hearts find rest"
Provision for the Seekers.
Simple explanation.
Shia muslims do not believe this hadith.
We say it is invented. It is fake. Someone made it up to make Prophet (pbuh) look bad.
Enemeies of Islam always tend to do that.
There are many similar false reports written 250 years after
Prophet's death, and these were designed to give Islam a bad image.
The book "Sahih al Bukhari" was written 250 years after Prophet's death.
Many other books were also written very late.
We cannot really trust them completely. They contains lots of false hadith.
Stick with the Holy Quran, the pure and perfect book of Allah.
Ayatollah rightly named America as "Great Satan".
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