More women in hell.
Mu' meneen Brothers and Sisters,
As Salaam Aleikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh.
(May Allah's Peace, Mercy and Blessings be upon all of you)
One of our brothers/sisters has asked
this question:
How far is this true that there will be more women than
men in hell? how can this be when the mother undergoes the horrifying pain
of childbirth,sleepless nights for the child,so much physical pain,
unimaginable by the man who cant even feel a bit of it...when women go through
all of this surely Allah Subhana Ta'ala will be merciful. Plz explain.
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Answer:
More women in hell
In the name of Allah,
We praise Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah
guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide
them aright. We bear witness that there is none worthy of worship but Allah
Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the
seal of His Messengers.
Allah Says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 33 Surah Ahzaab verse 35:
35 For muslim men and women, for believing men and
women, for devout men and women, for true men and
women, for men and women who are patient and constant,
for men and women who humble themselves, for men and women
who give in charity, for men and women who fast, for men
and women who guard their chastity, and for men and women
who engage much in Allah's praise; for them has Allah prepared Forgiveness and
a Great Reward.
Allah Says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 9 Surah Tawbah verse 72:
72 Allah hath promised to believers, men and women, Gardens under which rivers flow to dwell
therein and beautiful mansions in gardens of everlasting bliss. But the greatest bliss in the Good Pleasure
of Allah: that is the supreme felicity.
Allah Says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 48 Surah Al-Fath verse 5:
5 That He may admit the men and women who believe to
Gardens beneath which rivers flow to dwell therein for aye and remove their
ills from them; and that is in the Sight of Allah the Highest Achievement
Allah Says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 57 Surah Hadid verses 11-12:
11 Who is he that will loan to Allah a beautiful Loan? For (Allah) will
increase it manifold to his credit and he will have (besides) a liberal reward.
12 One Day shalt thou see the believing men and the believing
women how their Light runs forward before them and by their right
hands: (their greeting will be): "Good News for you this Day! Gardens
beneath which flow rivers! To dwell therein for aye! This is indeed the Highest
Achievement!"
Allah Says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 33 Surah Ahzaab verses 72-73:
72 We did indeed offer the Trust to the Heavens and the Earth and the
Mountains: but they refused to undertake it being afraid thereof: but man
undertook it he was indeed unjust and foolish.
73 (With the result) that Allah has to punish the hypocrites men and
women, and the unbelievers men and women, and Allah turns in Mercy to the
believers men and women: for Allah is Oft-Forgiving Most Merciful.
Allah Says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 3 Surah Ale-Imraan verse 195:
195 And their Lord hath accepted of them and answered them: "Never
will I suffer to be lost the work of any of you be he male or female:
ye are members one of another; those who have left their homes or been driven
out therefrom or suffered harm in My Cause or fought or been slain verily I
will blot out from them their iniquities and admit them into Gardens with
rivers flowing beneath; a reward from the presence of Allah and from His
presence is the best of rewards."
Respected Sister in Islam, rest
assured that the All-Wise All-Just Lord does not Judge His creation according
to their gender, or color, or race, or nationality, or anything else over which
one did not possess any control….but the principle of Justice of the Lord Most
Just is based on the beliefs and deeds of each individual, absolutely
regardless of their gender or color, etc.!
Whosoever’s weight of good deeds is heavier in the Supreme Scales of
Allah Subhanah will be shown His Forgiveness and Mercy; and whosoever’s weight
of evil is heavier will deserve the Lord’s Wrath and Anger.
Allah Says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 103 Surah Al-Qariah verses 6-11:
6 Then he whose balance (of good deeds)
will be (found) heavy
7 Will be in a life of good pleasure and
satisfaction.
8 But he whose balance (of good deeds) will
be (found) light
9 Will have his home in a (bottomless) pit.
10 And what will explain to thee what this
is?
11 (It is) a Fire Blazing fiercely!
Now to answer your specific
question regarding the quoted hadith, whereby the Messenger of Allah (saws)
warned that he (saws) was shown Hell Fire and he (saws) saw that the majority
of its inhabitants were women.
Sahih Al-Bukhari
Hadith 1.28 Narrated by Ibn Abbas
The Prophet (saws)
said: "I was shown the Hell-fire and that the majority of its
dwellers were women who were ungrateful." It was asked, "Do
they disbelieve in Allah?" (or are they ungrateful to Allah?) He (saws) replied, "They are ungrateful
to their husbands and are ungrateful for the favors and the good done to them.
If you have always been good (benevolent) to one of them and then she sees
something in you (not of her liking), she will say, 'I have never received any
good from you!"
Although most people have taken
this authentic quotation of the Messenger of Allah (saws) and used it against
the womenfolk, the truth is that most of them have not truly understood the
wisdom behind the wise counsel of the Messenger of Allah (saws) and the depth
and reality of the wisdom behind the statement.
One can only imagine the
importance the Prophet (saws) and Islam lays on the development of peace,
tranquility, and harmony in a marriage in Islam. The above statements of the Messenger of
Allah (saws) were said when he was addressing the womenfolk, and he (saws)
guided them how detestable is their act of constantly complaining and being
ungrateful to their husbands in the Sight of Allah, and how this constant
complaining and nagging effects the very core of the relationship between a
husband and his wife in marriage!
There are several ahadeeths of
the Messenger of Allah (saws) whereby he warned the men, when his audience were
men, regarding the severity and important of being merciful, kind, charitable,
and forgiving towards their wives, and keeping good harmonious relations with
their wives in marriage.
Al-Tirmidhi Hadith
278 Narrated by Abu Hurayrah
The Prophet (saws)
said: ‘The most perfect Muslim in the matter of faith is one who has excellent
behaviour; and the best among you are those who behave best towards their
wives.’
Al-Tirmidhi Hadith
3252 Narrated by Aisha ; Abdullah
ibn Abbas
Allah's Messenger
(saws) said, "The best of you is he who is best to his family, and I am
the best among you to my family."
Sahih Muslim Hadith
3465 Narrated by Abdullah ibn Amr ibn
al-'As
Allah's Messenger
(saws) said: ‘The whole world is a provision, and the best object of benefit of
the world is the pious woman.’
Sahih Muslim Hadith
3469 Narrated by Abu Hurayrah
Allah's Messenger
(saws) said: ‘a believing man should not hate a believing woman (his wife); if
he dislikes one of her characteristics, he will be pleased with another.
Al-Tirmidhi Hadith
3358 Narrated by AbuBakr as-Siddiq
The Prophet (saws)
said, "One who treats badly those under his authority will not enter
The wisdom behind the statement
of the Messenger of Allah (saws) warning the believing woman was not to
belittle or demean the role of women, but rather a warning and a guidance to
make sure they fulfill their part in developing peace, harmony and tranquility
in their marriage; and Allah is our witness sister, nothing is more hurtful to
men than to hear these words from their wives after a lifetime of sacrifices
that ‘'I have never received any good from
you!"
Respected sister in Islam, I
tell you as a man myself, nothing on this planet earth crushes and crumbles the
heart of the man to pieces than to hear this one statement from the one whom he
has cherished and loved a lifetime!
Rest assured my respected
sister, that the men who harm, abuse, oppress, tyrannize, and are unjust to
anyone, leave alone their wives, will have to pay retribution in full to the
victims of their tyranny in the Majestic Presence of the Lord Most Majestic on
that Inevitable Day of Justice…and Allah is our witness sister, not a single
soul will be wronged in that Majestic and Tumultuous gathering!
Sahih Muslim Hadith
6251 Narrated by Abu Hurayrah
Allah's Messenger
(saws) asked: ‘Do you know who is a ‘muflis’ (an absolute and abject
pauper)?’ They (the Companions of the
Prophet (saws)) said: ‘A ‘muflis’ amongst us is one who has neither dirham with
him nor wealth.’ He (the Prophet (saws))
said: ‘The ‘muflis’ (or absolute pauper) of my Ummah would be he who would come
on the Day of Resurrection with prayers and fasts and Zakat but (he would find
himself bankrupt on that day as he would have exhausted his funds of virtues)
since he hurled abuses upon others, brought calumny against others, unlawfully
consumed the wealth of others, shed the blood of others, and beat others, and
his virtues would be credited to the account of one (who suffered at his hand).
And if his good deeds fall short to clear the account, then his sins would be
entered in (his account) and he would be thrown in the Hell-Fire!’
Although most people who do not
fully and truly understand the wisdom behind the statement of the Messenger of
Allah (saws) and have taken the words ‘I was
shown the Hell-fire and that the majority of its dwellers were women who were
ungrateful’ literally, assume that the Hell Fire
mentioned in the above hadith refers to the complete expanse and all the
inhabitants of the Hell-Fire! The Truth
is that just as
When the Messenger of Allah
(saws) relates in truth that the inhabitants of the Hell-Fire he was shown had
a majority of women as its inhabitants, it is very probable that he (saws) was
warning about only a particular section and level of Hell where those who were
constantly ungrateful were held. There
are many authentic narrations whereby the Messenger of Allah (saws) was shown
and talks about particular sections and levels of the Hell Fire and its
inhabitants…..
Sahih Al-Bukhari
Hadith 2.468 Narrated by Samura
bin Jundab (part)
The Prophet (saws)
said: ….. I had seen (a dream) last night that two men (Angels) came to me,
caught hold of my hands, and took me to the
The man went to
pick it up and by the time he returned to him, the crushed head had returned to
its normal state and the man came back and struck him again (and so on). I
said, 'Who is this?' They told me to proceed on; so we proceeded on and passed
by a hole like an oven; with a narrow top and wide bottom, and the fire was
kindling underneath that hole. Whenever the fire-flame went up, the people were
lifted up to such an extent that they were about to get out of it, and whenever
the fire got quieter, the people went down into it, and there were naked men
and women in it. I said, 'Who is this?' They told me to proceed on. So we
proceeded on till we reached a river of blood and a man was in it, and another
man was standing at its bank with stones in front of him, facing the man
standing in the river. Whenever the man in the river wanted to come out, the
other one threw a stone in his mouth and caused him to retreat to his original
position; and so whenever he wanted to come out the other would throw a stone
in his mouth, and he would retreat to his original position. I asked, 'What is
this?' They told me to proceed on and we did so till we reached a
well-flourished green garden having a huge tree and near its root was sitting
an old man with some children. (I saw) another man near the tree with fire in
front of him and he was kindling it up. Then they (i.e. my two companions) made
me climb up the tree and made me enter a house, better than which I have ever
seen. In it were some old men and young men, women and children.
Then they took me
out of this house and made me climb up the tree and made me enter another house
that was better and superior (to the first) containing old and young people. I
said to them (i.e. my two companions), 'You have made me ramble all the night.
Tell me all about that I have seen.' They said, 'Yes. As for the one whose
cheek you saw being torn away, he was a liar and he used to tell lies, and the
people would report those lies on his authority till they spread all over the
world. So, he will be punished like that till the Day of Resurrection.
The one whose head
you saw being crushed is the one whom Allah had given the knowledge of Qur'an
(i.e. knowing it by heart) but he used to sleep at night (i.e. he did not
recite it then) and did not use to act upon it (i.e. upon its orders etc.) by
day; and so this punishment will go on till the Day of Resurrection. And those
you saw in the hole (like oven) were adulterers (those men and women who commit
illegal sexual intercourse). And those you saw in the river of blood were those
dealing in Riba (usury). And the old man who was sitting at the base of the
tree was Abraham and the little children around him were the offspring of the
people. And the one who was kindling the fire was Malik, the gatekeeper of the
Hell-fire. And the first house in which you have gone was the house of the
common believers, and the second house was of the martyrs. I am Jibrael and
this is Michael. Raise your head.' I raised my head and saw a thing like a
cloud over me. They said, 'That is your place.' I said, 'Let me enter my
place.' They said, 'You still have some life which you have not yet completed,
and when you complete (that remaining portion of your life) you will then enter
your place.' "
In light of the above absolutely
clear guidance of the Quran and Sunnah, it is absolutely evident that the Lord
Most High does not base His Justice, His Rewards, and His Sentences of
Punishments based on one’s gender or race or color, etc.; but every soul shall
reap the results of only what one had sown in their test period of one life on
this earth; and Allah is our witness sister, no one will be wronged in the
least in that Majestic and Supreme Presence of their Lord Most High.
Allah Says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 36 Surah Yaseen verses 53-54:
53 It will be no more than a Single Blast when lo! They will all be
brought up before Us!
54 Then on that Day not a soul will be wronged in the least, and ye
shall but be repaid (in full) the meeds of your past deeds.
If one trusts, obeys, and
follows the guidance and commands of Allah and His Messenger (saws), one can be assured of never ever being
misled; but if one believes, obeys and
follows any other guidance, other than that of Allah and His Messenger (saws),
one can be assured of being led astray.
Whatever written of
Truth and benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever
of error is of me alone. Allah Alone
Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.
Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan
Wister