In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful
It is incorrectly claimed that women are a majority of people in Hellfire according to Islam because women are of lesser piety, worth, or value than men. However, the reason women are a majority in Hellfire is because women are the majority of humankind overall. It is further forbidden in Islam for men and women to boast to each other in this regard.
The following prophetic traditions are cited, without commentary or in light of other authentic traditions, to make this false claim against women:
Ibn Abbas reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said:
In another narration, the Prophet (ṣ) said:
The realities of the Hereafter were not revealed to the Prophet ﷺ all at once. That he saw a minority of women in Paradise does not indicate that this is the case for all time, as many believers will enter Paradise after the Greater Intercession when sinners are taken out of Hellfire.
Al-Munawi commented on these traditions, writing:
Ibn Hajar also suggests that the sub-narrator of the tradition about women as a minority in Paradise had transmitted the meaning he misunderstood, rather than the actual wording of the Prophet (ṣ):
Another tradition clarifies that there are more women than men overall, and it forbids men and women from arrogantly boasting to each other as if one gender were better than the other.
Muhammad ibn Sirin reported: People were boasting to each other, whether men or women would be a majority in Paradise. Abu Huraira said: I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, say:
Every man will have ‘two wives’ in Paradise, who will not experience worldly jealousy as they would in this life. This has been understood by some scholars to indicate that women are the majority of humankind.
Al-Qadi ‘Iyad comments on this tradition, saying:
And Ibn Hajar writes:
That women are a majority overall is supported by other traditions speaking about periods of time in the future when women will greatly outnumber men. It is a sign of the coming of the Day of Judgment if we see many more women than men.
Anas ibn Malik reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said:
In another narration, the Prophet said:
Hence, polygyny (a man marrying up to four wives) is permissible in Islam, as it would be necessary in contexts such as this when women greatly outnumber men, although many scholars recommended that a man marry only one wife at a time under normal circumstances.
In sum, compiling all the prophetic traditions on this topic conclusively determines that women are the majority of humankind overall, which is why they are a majority in Paradise and in Hellfire.
Success comes from Allah, and Allah knows best.
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It is incorrectly claimed that women are a majority of people in Hellfire according to Islam because women are of lesser piety, worth, or value than men. However, the reason women are a majority in Hellfire is because women are the majority of humankind overall. It is further forbidden in Islam for men and women to boast to each other in this regard.
The following prophetic traditions are cited, without commentary or in light of other authentic traditions, to make this false claim against women:
Ibn Abbas reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said:
In another narration, the Prophet (ṣ) said:
The realities of the Hereafter were not revealed to the Prophet ﷺ all at once. That he saw a minority of women in Paradise does not indicate that this is the case for all time, as many believers will enter Paradise after the Greater Intercession when sinners are taken out of Hellfire.
Al-Munawi commented on these traditions, writing:
Ibn Hajar also suggests that the sub-narrator of the tradition about women as a minority in Paradise had transmitted the meaning he misunderstood, rather than the actual wording of the Prophet (ṣ):
Another tradition clarifies that there are more women than men overall, and it forbids men and women from arrogantly boasting to each other as if one gender were better than the other.
Muhammad ibn Sirin reported: People were boasting to each other, whether men or women would be a majority in Paradise. Abu Huraira said: I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, say:
Every man will have ‘two wives’ in Paradise, who will not experience worldly jealousy as they would in this life. This has been understood by some scholars to indicate that women are the majority of humankind.
Al-Qadi ‘Iyad comments on this tradition, saying:
And Ibn Hajar writes:
That women are a majority overall is supported by other traditions speaking about periods of time in the future when women will greatly outnumber men. It is a sign of the coming of the Day of Judgment if we see many more women than men.
Anas ibn Malik reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said:
In another narration, the Prophet said:
Hence, polygyny (a man marrying up to four wives) is permissible in Islam, as it would be necessary in contexts such as this when women greatly outnumber men, although many scholars recommended that a man marry only one wife at a time under normal circumstances.
In sum, compiling all the prophetic traditions on this topic conclusively determines that women are the majority of humankind overall, which is why they are a majority in Paradise and in Hellfire.
Success comes from Allah, and Allah knows best.
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