Why more women than men in hell?
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upon all of you)
One of our
brothers/sisters has asked this question:
I have heard that
there will be more women in hell than men. Is this because women commit more
sins than men? Or is it because the population of women will be greater than
men towards the day of resurrection?
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Answer:
Why more women than men 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 no one (no idol, no
person, no grave, no prophet, no imam,
no dai,
nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that
Muhammad(saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
The
answer to your question was posed to the Messenger of Allah (saws) and this was
his (saws) reply:
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 (charitable deeds) 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."
If one
analyses the condition of the human being, one will realize that it is actually
much more easier for a woman to reach
Obedience
and worship of Allah Subhanah
Earn the
pleasure of her husband.
Al-Tirmidhi Hadith
286 Narrated by Umm Salamah
The Prophet (saws) said: “If a woman dies while her husband was
pleased with her, she will enter
Islam has
paid tremendous importance to the formation and sanctity of the family and has
commanded the believing woman to be obedient and grateful to her husband, so
that this sanctity of family may be maintained.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 4 Surah Nisaa verse 34:Men are the protectors and maintainers of women because Allah has given
the one more (strength) than the other, and because they support them from
their means. Therefore the
righteous women are devoutly obedient, and guard in (the husband's)
absence what Allah would have them guard.
The
Messenger of Allah (saws) in stating that he (saws) saw more women in Hell
Fire, forewarns the believing woman to be careful of her duties towards her
husband; for this duty is so supreme in the sight of the Creator, that if
unfulfilled, it may result in her entry to the Hell Fire.
Whatever
written of Truth and benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance,
and whatever of error is of me. Allah
Alone Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.
Your Brother in Islam,
