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الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
كتاب المدح والدمBook of Praise and Blame
بَابُ مَا جَاءَ فِي دَمُ النِّسَاءِChapter on what has been narrated regarding women's blood
Hadith 10042
اُردوEn
عَنْ أُسَامَةَ بْنِ زَيْدٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ مَا تَرَكْتُ فِي النَّاسِ بَعْدِي فِتْنَةً أَضَرَّ عَلَى الرِّجَالِ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ
Narrated by Sayyiduna Usama bin Zaid (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I have not left any trial after me more harmful to men than women.
Brief Explanation
Benefits: … In Islamic Shariah, on one hand, the woman has been given a pivotal status; it is the woman who, by taking on the roles of mother, daughter, sister, and wife, receives affection, love, respect, and honor from her sons, fathers, brothers, and husbands. Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr radi Allahu anhu narrates that the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said: “The world is a provision, and the best provision of the world is a righteous woman.” (Muslim: 1467) … The world is an enjoyment, and the best enjoyment of the world is a pious woman. While exhorting the best conduct towards women, the Noble Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said: “The most complete of the believers in faith is the one with the best character, and the best of you are those who are best to their women.” (Tirmidhi: 1162) … The most perfect believer among you is the one who is best in character, and the best among you is the one who is best to his women.
It is Islam alone that has granted women the greatest protection, respect, and status, made men responsible for fulfilling their worldly needs, and, to safeguard their honor, has categorically forbidden looking at non-mahram women, especially with a lustful gaze.
Nevertheless, despite this status and rank, the woman has proven to be a source of tribulation, intrigue, cunning, ingratitude, and complaint. Observe her incompetence and impatience: she cannot keep even a husband, parents-in-law, and a few members of the household pleased.
In the present era, the semi-naked state and lack of modesty among women have become a great trial for even upright believers; fornication and the adultery of the eyes are rampant in the markets, and wherever one looks outside the home, one sees the alluring faces of women in the guise of devils and the means and causes of immorality everywhere. Whatever was left wanting has been amply fulfilled by the media and advertising. What greater deception and trickery can there be than that, just a few days after marriage, the woman, by reciting all sorts of oaths before her husband, wins him over and turns him against his parents and siblings? Nowadays, men disrespect their metaphorical creators—their parents—reject the love of their siblings, and their nephews and nieces yearn for their kind words; the root of all these misdeeds is the woman. The eye of the heavens is witness that dealings with relatives are different before marriage, and after marriage, the attitude visibly changes. Why is this so? Look at the character of the mother-in-law; the essence of her intrigues is that her son-in-law should become solely hers and begin to consider his own parents as enemies. How wretched and vile are those people who, sitting with their wives and mothers-in-law, speak ill of their own mothers and sisters.
Most members of Muslim society seem ensnared in the traps of immoral, cunning, and wayward women. Have you ever reflected on the reasons why intelligent young men, who have failed in the field of education worldwide, have become so demoralized? Have you ever considered the consequences of the wayward environment of colleges and universities? Have you inquired about the reasons behind a twenty-year-old boy’s estrangement from his parents? Why are most young people in society no longer fit for marriage? Why do their faces turn pale at the mention of marriage? Why are the matches arranged by parents being rejected? Why does a man, despite being a father to children, fulfilling their whims, and claiming to love them, forget his own mother and father? Why, despite having means, is there stinginess in spending on one’s parents? … … Perhaps the answers to all these questions stop at the word “woman.”
It is an observed reality that a woman remembers everyone’s favors; she will praise her brothers and brothers-in-law, she will not forget to extol even the person who gave her child five hundred rupees on a happy occasion—except her husband, who spends thousands, even hundreds of thousands, on her over the months, but she will focus on his negative aspect and display rebellion and ingratitude towards him, except whom Allah wills.
It is Islam alone that has granted women the greatest protection, respect, and status, made men responsible for fulfilling their worldly needs, and, to safeguard their honor, has categorically forbidden looking at non-mahram women, especially with a lustful gaze.
Nevertheless, despite this status and rank, the woman has proven to be a source of tribulation, intrigue, cunning, ingratitude, and complaint. Observe her incompetence and impatience: she cannot keep even a husband, parents-in-law, and a few members of the household pleased.
In the present era, the semi-naked state and lack of modesty among women have become a great trial for even upright believers; fornication and the adultery of the eyes are rampant in the markets, and wherever one looks outside the home, one sees the alluring faces of women in the guise of devils and the means and causes of immorality everywhere. Whatever was left wanting has been amply fulfilled by the media and advertising. What greater deception and trickery can there be than that, just a few days after marriage, the woman, by reciting all sorts of oaths before her husband, wins him over and turns him against his parents and siblings? Nowadays, men disrespect their metaphorical creators—their parents—reject the love of their siblings, and their nephews and nieces yearn for their kind words; the root of all these misdeeds is the woman. The eye of the heavens is witness that dealings with relatives are different before marriage, and after marriage, the attitude visibly changes. Why is this so? Look at the character of the mother-in-law; the essence of her intrigues is that her son-in-law should become solely hers and begin to consider his own parents as enemies. How wretched and vile are those people who, sitting with their wives and mothers-in-law, speak ill of their own mothers and sisters.
Most members of Muslim society seem ensnared in the traps of immoral, cunning, and wayward women. Have you ever reflected on the reasons why intelligent young men, who have failed in the field of education worldwide, have become so demoralized? Have you ever considered the consequences of the wayward environment of colleges and universities? Have you inquired about the reasons behind a twenty-year-old boy’s estrangement from his parents? Why are most young people in society no longer fit for marriage? Why do their faces turn pale at the mention of marriage? Why are the matches arranged by parents being rejected? Why does a man, despite being a father to children, fulfilling their whims, and claiming to love them, forget his own mother and father? Why, despite having means, is there stinginess in spending on one’s parents? … … Perhaps the answers to all these questions stop at the word “woman.”
It is an observed reality that a woman remembers everyone’s favors; she will praise her brothers and brothers-in-law, she will not forget to extol even the person who gave her child five hundred rupees on a happy occasion—except her husband, who spends thousands, even hundreds of thousands, on her over the months, but she will focus on his negative aspect and display rebellion and ingratitude towards him, except whom Allah wills.
