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Hadithreport: women are the majority of the people of hell and lacking in intellect and faith (in Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim, number not stated)
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Cited in 6 segments across 1 recording · 2018 · hadith/hadith:fp:3fce18c1
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29 Jul 2018Clarifying False Hadith Which Insult Islam
Did the Prophet say women lack intellect and faith?
No: Mufti Abu Layth says the report, though in al-Bukhari, is a false attribution to the Prophet, and that he once took it as a joke but now holds it inauthentic.
machine6 min 30 s0:00on YouTube
29 Jul 2018Clarifying False Hadith Which Insult Islam
Does the Quran say most people in hell are women?
No: Mufti Abu Layth says the Quran speaks of mankind as a whole, all created weak, and never divides the people of hell by gender, so the report clashes with it.
machine6 min 23 s6:30on YouTube
29 Jul 2018Clarifying False Hadith Which Insult Islam
Why do the versions of the 'women in hell' hadith contradict each other?
Mufti Abu Layth says the versions disagree on which Eid it was and whether the women were addressed privately, so the male narrators heard it second-hand from someone unknown.
machine3 min 48 s12:53on YouTube
29 Jul 2018Clarifying False Hadith Which Insult Islam
Do women really curse more than men, as the hadith says?
No: Mufti Abu Layth says men swear more than women across cultures and ingratitude is shared by both, so the report's reasons are factual errors.
machine7 min 03 s16:41on YouTube
29 Jul 2018Clarifying False Hadith Which Insult Islam
Is not praying during menstruation a sign of weak faith?
No: Mufti Abu Layth says women refrain from prayer during menstruation because the religion told them to, so calling it a lack of faith is absurd and the report is a misattribution.
machine6 min 58 s23:44on YouTube
29 Jul 2018Clarifying False Hadith Which Insult Islam
Are the chains of the 'women lack intellect' hadith sound?
Not unquestionably: Mufti Abu Layth says every chain, in al-Bukhari, Muslim and elsewhere, has a weak or disputed link, too little to override the Quran.
machine9 min 13 s30:42on YouTube