Narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: O assembly of women! Give charity and do so abundantly, for I see that the majority of the inhabitants of Hell are you. The reason for this is that you indulge much in cursing and are ungrateful to your husbands. I have not seen anyone more deficient in intelligence and religion who can overcome a wise man than you women. A woman asked: What is the deficiency in our intelligence and religion? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The deficiency in intelligence is that the testimony of two women is equal to the testimony of one man; this is the deficiency in intelligence. And a woman does not pray during her menstrual days nor does she fast in Ramadan; this is the deficiency in religion.
Hadith Referenceالفتح الربانی / كتاب جامع فى الترغيب: الآداب والمواعظ والحكم وجوامع الكلم، يبدأ بالثلاثيات / 9644
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:صحیح
Hadith Takhrij«أخرجه مسلم: 79 ، (انظر مسند أحمد ترقيم الرسالة: 5343 ترقیم بيت الأفكار الدولية: 5343»
Brief Explanation
Benefits: … The reason women frequently engage in cursing and reproach is that, in being pleased or displeased with someone, or in considering someone good or bad, they make their own understanding and self the standard. In this matter, they may even reject extremely close relatives and begin to praise distant relatives, or even strangers. For example, if someone gives five hundred rupees to a child on a happy occasion, he is considered destined for Paradise, and if someone says something objectionable about a woman’s child or parents, etc., then he should beware for his own good. Whereas the requirement of the Shari‘ah is that one should consider both the positive and negative aspects of every person, and strive to ensure that the positive aspects remain predominant.