مسند الحميدي
Musnad al-Humaydi
Hadiths of Abdullah ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him)
Majority of women in Hell and reason for curse
Hadith 92
92 - حَدَّثَنَا الْحُمَيْدِيُّ، ثنا سُفْيَانُ، ثنا مَنْصُورٌ نا ذَرٌّ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ، عَنْ وَائِلِ بْنِ مَهَانَةٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّي اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «تَصَدَّقْنَ يَا مَعْشَرَ النِّسَاءِ وَلَوْ مِنْ حُلِيِّكُنَّ فِإِنَّكُنَّ أَكْثَرُ أَهْلِ النَّارِ» فَقَامَتِ امْرَأَةٌ لَيْسَتْ مِنْ عِلْيَةِ النِّسَاءِ فَقَالَتْ: لِمَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ: «لِأَنَّكُنَّ تُكْثِرْنَ اللَّعْنَ، وَتَكْفُرْنَ الْعَشِيرَ» ¤ ثُمَّ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ: «مَا وُجِدَ مِنْ نَاقِصِ الْعَقْلِ وَالدِّينِ أَغْلَبَ لِلرِّجَالِ ذَوِي الرَّأْيِ عَلَي أُمُورِهِمْ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ» قَالَ: فَقِيلَ: يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ وَمَا نُقْصَانُ عَقْلِهَا وَدِينِهَا؟ قَالَ: «أَمَّا نُقْصَانُ عَقْلِهَا فَجَعَلَ اللَّهُ شَهَادَةَ امْرَأَتَيْنِ بِشَهَادَةِ رَجُلٍ، وَأَمَّا نُقْصَانُ دِينِهَا فَإِنَّهَا تَمْكُثُ كَذَا يَوْمًا لَا تُصَلِّي لِلَّهِ سَجْدَةً»
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “O group of women! Give charity, even if it is from your jewelry, because the majority of the inhabitants of Hell are from among you.” Then a woman stood up who was not from a prominent family and she asked: O Messenger of Allah! What is the reason for this? The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “The reason is that you women frequently curse and are ungrateful to your husbands.” Then Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: No creature has been found who is deficient in intellect and religion, yet overcomes wise men in matters, more than women. The narrator says: So it was asked: O Abu Abdur Rahman! What is the deficiency in their intellect and religion? He replied: As for the deficiency in their intellect, Allah Almighty has made the testimony of two women equal to the testimony of one man. As for the deficiency in their religion, a woman cannot perform prayers for several days while prostrating before Allah Almighty.
