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Bigotry:
The Dark Danger

The Idea that Women Are a Barrier to
People Living by the Faith

Were there no women, God would be wor-

shiped properly. (Suyuti, Sahih Bukhari,
Ibn-i Adiyy, Abu Khatim, Ibn-i Jawzi,

Muhammed Nasuriddin and Ibn-i Hibban all
accept this hadith.) (Silsilat al-Ahadisuzzaif:

74, Tenzihusharia: 1/62, Al-Leali: 2/59)

Were it not for women, all men would go to
paradise. (Ibn-i Arrak and As-Saqafi do not

accept the hadith. [Jamiussaghir: 2/113])

Let us first of all recall one very important point; the misogynistic

mindset described in the false hadiths appears absolutely nowhere in
the Qur'an.
Moving on to the content of the fabricated hadiths above, it is not

women or other blessings of this world that prevent people who are
weak in, or devoid of faith, from living by religious moral values, but
their own weakness of conscience, mind and will. God has created this
world as a test. In the same way that people are tested throughout their
lives with troubles, difficulties, diseases and weaknesses, so they are
also tested by blessings and good things. Women are one of the bless-
ings and jewels of this world. Like every blessing, however, how that

blessing is evaluated depends on the moral values of the person pos-
sessing that blessing. God reveals in the Qur'an that the blessings of this
world are created as a test:

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