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Originally posted by: ghissapitta
I have heard and read about this a lot, and never really understood why this is? I don't mean any offence, but why is it that 2 women are seen equal to one man in Islamic rulings?
Originally posted by: MsChanadlerBong
Same query I have. Even when dividing the property two daughters are counted equal to one son. The amount of property one son gets is equal to the amount two daughters get. Heard this in some pk drama.
What is meant by witness or testimony is something by which the thing testified may be proven and known to be true and correct, so it is information about it. With regard to the witness of two women being equal to the testimony of one man. Allaah has mentioned the wisdom behind specifying the number of two as being that a woman may forget or get confused, so the other woman can remind her, as He said:
"...And get two witnesses out of your own men. And if there are not two men (available), then a man and two women, such as you agree for witnesses, so that if one of them (two women) errs, the other can remind her...
[al-Baqarah 2:282 interpretation of the meaning]
With regard to the phrase, "that if one of them (two women) errs, Ibn Katheer said: "This means, the two women, if one of them forgets the testimony, then the other can remind her', i.e., she can remind her about the matter concerning which testimony is being given. (Tafseer Ibn Katheer, part 1, p. 724)
Allaah has commanded the testimony of two women so as to be sure that they remember, because the mind and memory of two women takes the place of the mind and memory of one man. (See I'laam al-Muwaqqa'een, part 1, p. 75).
This does not mean that a woman does not understand or that she cannot remember things, but she is weaker than man in these aspects usually. Scientific and specialized studies have shown that men's minds are more perfect than those of women, and reality and experience bear witness to that. The books of knowledge are the best witness to that; the knowledge which has been transmitted by men and the ahaadeeth which have been memorized by men far outnumber those which have come via women.
Originally posted by: attiya1.3
Praise be to Allaah.What is meant by witness or testimony is something by which the thing testified may be proven and known to be true and correct, so it is information about it. With regard to the witness of two women being equal to the testimony of one man. Allaah has mentioned the wisdom behind specifying the number of two as being that a woman may forget or get confused, so the other woman can remind her, as He said:
"...And get two witnesses out of your own men. And if there are not two men (available), then a man and two women, such as you agree for witnesses, so that if one of them (two women) errs, the other can remind her...
[al-Baqarah 2:282 interpretation of the meaning]
With regard to the phrase, "that if one of them (two women) errs, Ibn Katheer said: "This means, the two women, if one of them forgets the testimony, then the other can remind her', i.e., she can remind her about the matter concerning which testimony is being given. (Tafseer Ibn Katheer, part 1, p. 724)
Allaah has commanded the testimony of two women so as to be sure that they remember, because the mind and memory of two women takes the place of the mind and memory of one man. (See I'laam al-Muwaqqa'een, part 1, p. 75).
This does not mean that a woman does not understand or that she cannot remember things, but she is weaker than man in these aspects usually. Scientific and specialized studies have shown that men's minds are more perfect than those of women, and reality and experience bear witness to that. The books of knowledge are the best witness to that; the knowledge which has been transmitted by men and the ahaadeeth which have been memorized by men far outnumber those which have come via women.
Originally posted by: MsChanadlerBong
So women are forgetful but men are not?
Originally posted by: attiya1.3
That's scientific theory...not said by any religious book.Both genders are provided by their own capabilities..