Concerning inheritance, Allah The Almighty Says (what means): {For men is a share of what the parents and close relatives leave, and for women is a share of what the parents and close relatives leave, be it little or much -- an obligatory share.} [Quran 4:7]

Thus, Allah The Almighty assigned a known share of inheritance to women and men.

Commenting on the occasion, in relation to which this verse was revealed, Imaam Al-Qurtubi may Allah have mercy upon him said:
When Allah The Almighty mentions issues related to orphans, He connected that with talking about inheritance. This verse was revealed in relation to Aws ibn Thaabit Al-Ansaari, may Allah be pleased with him, who died and left a woman called Umm Kujjah, may Allah be pleased with her, and three daughters. Two men, Suwayd and ‘Arfajah, who were cousins of the deceased and his trustees, seized his estate and did not give any money to either his wife or daughters. In the pre-Islamic era, women and little children were not given any share of the inheritance under the pretext that only those who fought on horseback with spears and swords and gained booty were exclusively entitled to inheritance. Umm Kujjah,may Allah be pleased with her, reported her case to the Messenger of Allah sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam ( may Allah exalt his mention) who consequently summoned these two men.
They said, “O Messenger of Allah, her children cannot ride a horse (to fight), nor can they help the poor and destitute, nor can they ward off the enemies.” Therefore, the Messenger of Allah sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam (may Allah exalt his mention) said: “Go until I see what Allah will ordain regarding them.” Then, Allah The Almighty revealed this verse answering these two men and refuting their saying and ignorant attitude, since young heirs were more entitled to the money than the older ones, because they are incapable of managing their own affairs and considering their own benefits. Those two men, however, reversed the case and revoked the rationale behind inheritance, and thus, they strayed by following their own desires, adopted mistaken opinions and misbehaved.

Have you seen the like of this defense in favor of women’s rights? This woman did not find support except in the Sharee‘ah (Islamic legislation) of Allah The Almighty.

Also, Allah The Almighty Says (what means): {O you who have believed, it is not lawful for you to inherit women by compulsion. And do not make difficulties for them in order to take [back] part of what you gave them unless they commit a clear immorality. And live with them in kindness. For if you dislike them -- perhaps you dislike a thing and Allah makes therein much good.} [Quran 4:19]

Furthermore, Allah The Almighty specified the shares of men and women of inheritance, Saying (what means): {Allah instructs you concerning your children: for the male, what is equal to the share of two females. But if there are [only] daughters, two or more, for them is two thirds of one's estate. And if there is only one, for her is half. And for one's parents, to each one of them is a sixth of his estate if he left children. But if he had no children and the parents [alone] inherit from him, then for his mother is one third. And if he had brothers [or sisters], for his mother is a sixth, after any bequest he [may have] made or debt. Your parents or your children - you know not which of them are nearest to you in benefit. [These shares are] an obligation [imposed] by Allah. Indeed, Allah is ever Knowing and Wise. And for you is half of what your wives leave if they have no child. But if they have a child, for you is one fourth of what they leave, after any bequest they [may have] made or debt. And for the wives is one fourth if you leave no child. But if you leave a child, then for them is an eighth of what you leave, after any bequest you [may have] made or debt. And if a man or woman leaves neither ascendants nor descendants but has a brother or a sister, then for each one of them is a sixth. But if they are more than two, they share a third, after any bequest which was made or debt, as long as there is no detriment [caused]. [This is] an ordinance from Allah, and Allah is Knowing and Forbearing. These are the limits [set by] Allah , and whoever obeys Allah and His Messenger will be admitted by Him to gardens [in Paradise] under which rivers flow, abiding eternally therein; and that is the great attainment. And whoever disobeys Allah and His Messenger and transgresses His limits - He will put him into the Fire to abide eternally therein, and he will have a humiliating punishment.} [Quran 4:11-14]

Thus, Allah The Almighty allocates women a known and specific share of inheritance. Anyone who deprives them of their share is a wrongdoer who will be punished eternally in Hell suffering a humiliating torment.

Along with this allocated share of inheritance to women, Allah did not make it obligatory for them to provide for the family; rather, He made it the men’s responsibility to provide for the women under their care.

Allah The Almighty Says (what means): {Men are in charge of women by [right of] what Allah has given one over the other and what they spend [for maintenance] from their wealth.} [Qur'an 4:34]

Also, the Messenger of Allah,sallallaahu`alayhi wa sallam (may Allah exalt his mention), said: “The woman’s right over her husband is to provide her with food when he eats and with clothes when he gets clothed, and not to hit her face, nor insult her, nor forsake her except at home.
Regarding the parents’ gifts to their children, the Messenger of Allah, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam (may Allah exalt his mention ), said: “Be fair to your children when it comes to giving gifts, for if I were to favor anyone, I would favor women.”
Islam granted women complete financial liberty and made them financially independent of their husbands; if they wish, they may give them or not.

Allah The Almighty Says (what means): {And give the women [upon marriage] their [bridal] gifts graciously. But if they give up willingly to you anything of it, then take it in satisfaction and ease.} [Qur'an 4:4]

Following is a situation that confirms the woman’s complete independent financial liability in Islam. It was narrated on the authority of ‘Ataa’ may Allah have mercy upon him that he said, “I testify that Ibn ‘Abbaas testifies that the Messenger of Allah sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam (may Allah exalt his mention) went to the prayer site on the day of ‘Eed Al-Fitr, prayed and then delivered a Khutbah. Accompanied by Bilaal, he went to the women and commanded them to give charity, so they started to throw their charity towards them.”

Islam considers women to be in full possession of their mental faculties and nature, thus, they do not need financial guardianship on their property. Rather, they are competent to dispose of their money in their own way and they are totally free in this regard.
This is the stance of Islam on women’s inheritance as outlined in the Quran and the Sunnah (tradition).

Source-Islamweb.net

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In Sharia law, a woman's testimony is worth half of a man's and also Muhammad tells a woman that she cannot return to her first husband until she has sexual relations with another man.
The prophet also said that the majority of the inhabitants of Hell are women. When asked why, he said it was because they are deficient in intelligence and religion, and because they are ungrateful to their husbands.

So much for women in Islam!

fortran12:
In Sharia law, a woman's testimony is worth half of a man's and also Muhammad tells a woman that she cannot return to her first husband until she has sexual relations with another man.
The prophet also said that the majority of the inhabitants of Hell are women. When asked why, he said it was because they are deficient in intelligence and religion, and because they are ungrateful to their husbands.

So much for women in Islam!

What do you stand to gain by doing this ?
Where are your proofs ?

ALLAHU AKBAR. JUMAT MUBARAQ

fortran12:
In Sharia law, a woman's testimony is worth half of a man's and also Muhammad tells a woman that she cannot return to her first husband until she has sexual relations with another man.
The prophet also said that the majority of the inhabitants of Hell are women. When asked why, he said it was because they are deficient in intelligence and religion, and because they are ungrateful to their husbands.

So much for women in Islam!

You people and trying to confuse your folks..

eddy42:

What do you stand to gain by doing this ?
Where are your proofs ?

I will add the references - The prophet also said that the majority of the inhabitants of Hell are women. When asked why, he said it was because they are deficient in intelligence and religion, and because they are ungrateful to their husbands.-- Sahih Bukhari 1:6:301

Muhammad tells a woman that she cannot return to her first husband until she has sexual relations with another man. - Quran 2:230

a woman's testimony is worth half of a man's -- Quran 2:282

Now there you have it

Translation of Quranic verses isn't literally simple for your explanation, each verse has its tafsir beyond your literal narration.

The verses and hadith you quoted are correct, but far beyond your knowledge in translations.

I shouldn't dignify person like you with a response if not that this page is Islamic dedicated one.

Allah has mentioned people like in the beginning of suratul Bakarah:

8. Wamina alnnasi man yaqoolu amanna biAllahi wabialyawmi al-akhiri wama hum bimu/mineena

8. Of the people there are some who say:
"We believe in God and the Last Day;"
But they do not (really) believe.



9. YukhadiAAoona Allaha waallatheena amanoo wama yakhdaAAoona illa anfusahum wama yashAAuroona

9. Fain would they deceive
God and those who believe,
But they only deceive themselves,
And realize (it) not!



10. Fee quloobihim maradun fazadahumu Allahu maradan walahum AAathabun aleemun bima kanoo yakthiboona

10. In their hearts is a disease;
And God has increased their disease:
And grievous is the penalty they (incur),
Because they are false (to themselves).



11. Wa-itha qeela lahum la tufsidoo fee al-ardi qaloo innama nahnu muslihoona

11. When it is said to them:
"Make not mischief on the earth,"
They say: "Why, we only
Want to make peace!"



12. Ala innahum humu almufsidoona walakin la yashAAuroona

12. Of a surety, they are the ones
Who make mischief,
But they realize (it) not.



13. Wa-itha qeela lahum aminoo kama amana alnnasu qaloo anu/minu kama amana alssufahao ala innahum humu alssufahao walakin la yaAAlamoona

13. When it is said to them:
"Believe as the others believe:"
They say: "Shall we believe
As the fools believe?"
Nay, of a surety they are the fools,
But they do not know."



14. Wa-itha laqoo allatheena amanoo qaloo amanna wa-itha khalaw ila shayateenihim qaloo inna maAAakum innama nahnu mustahzi-oona

14. When they meet those who believe,
They say: "We believe;"
But when they are alone
With their evil ones,
They say: "We are really with you:
We (were) only jesting."



15. Allahu yastahzi-o bihim wayamudduhum fee tughyanihim yaAAmahoona

15. God will throw back
Their mockery on them,
And give them rope in their trespasses;
So they will wander like blind ones
(To and fro).



16. Ola-ika allatheena ishtarawoo alddalalata bialhuda fama rabihat tijaratuhum wama kanoo muhtadeena

16. These are they who have bartered
Guidance for error:
But their traffic is profitless,
And they have lost true direction,



17. Mathaluhum kamathali allathee istawqada naran falamma adaat ma hawlahu thahaba Allahu binoorihim watarakahum fee thulumatin la yubsiroona

17. Their similitude is that of a man
Who kindled a fire;
When it lighted all around him,
God took away their light
And left them in utter darkness.
So they could not see.



18. Summun bukmun AAumyun fahum la yarjiAAoona

18. Deaf, dumb, and blind,
They will not return (to the path).

Risingblue008:
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Come and tell us what your your own religion has to offer?

fortran12:
I[s]n Sharia law, a woman's testimony is worth half of a man's and also Muhammad tells a woman that she cannot return to her first husband until she has sexual relations with another man.
The prophet also said that the majority of the inhabitants of Hell are women. When asked why, he said it was because they are deficient in intelligence and religion, and because they are ungrateful to their husbands.

So much for women in Islam!
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In your mind you think you've written something tangible.

Well, ignorant folks like you will fall for this kinda salad.

abdulizom:
Translation of Quranic verses isn't literally simple for your explanation, each verse has its tafsir beyond your literal narration.

The verses and hadith you quoted are correct, but far beyond your knowledge in translations.

I shouldn't dignify person like you with a response if not that this page is Islamic dedicated one.

Allah has mentioned people like in the beginning of suratul Bakarah:

If the quotes are correct and the hadiths ( by Islamic scholars) agree with what I quoted then what other type of meaning should one read into it? So show the hidden meaning and let's see. And hope you know your meaning must agree with the hadith associated with the verse.

Newnas:


In your mind you think you've written something tangible.

Well, ignorant folks like you will fall for this kinda salad.

Even after adding references you still think I am making it up? Why don't you read and know the truth

fortran12:

Even after adding references you still think I am making it up? Why don't you read and know the truth

It is one thing to quote a text, it is another thing to quote in the right context without interpolation.

fortran12:

Even after adding references you still think I am making it up? Why don't you read and know the truth

It's one thing to quote text, it's another thing to quote text in the right context without interpolation.

This is one thing and that is another. Ponder!

Do you even know why Islam made those legislations? Have you ever asked why?

fortran12:


I will add the references - The prophet also said that the majority of the inhabitants of Hell are women. When asked why, he said it was because they are deficient in intelligence and religion, and because they are ungrateful to their husbands.-- Sahih Bukhari 1:6:301

Muhammad tells a woman that she cannot return to her first husband until she has sexual relations with another man. - Quran 2:230

a woman's testimony is worth half of a man's -- Quran 2:282

Now there you have it

Let us look at how the Bible view women, and see in real Truth how terrible the women's status would be if they were living under a true Christian state that follows the Bible 100%.


1).Deuteronomy 22:28-30 "If a man happens to meet a virgin who is not pledged to be married and
rapes her and they are discovered, he shall pay the girl's father fifty shekels of silver. He must marry the girl, for he has violated her. He can never divorce her as long as he lives."

2) Exodus 21:7-8 "And in case a man should sell his daughter as a slave girl , she will not go out in the way that the slave men go out. If she is displeasing in the eyes of her master so that he doesn't designate her as a concubine but causes her to be redeemed, he will not be entitled to sell her to a foreign people in his treacherously dealing with her."

N:B:
Here in this verse we can see that fathers can easily and freely sell their daughters as slaves to other men. The other men are free to rape the daughters if they wish to do so.

khalling2008:

Let us look at how the Bible view women, and see in real Truth how terrible the women's status would be if they were living under a true Christian state that follows the Bible 100%.


1).Deuteronomy 22:28-30 "If a man happens to meet a virgin who is not pledged to be married and
rapes her and they are discovered, he shall pay the girl's father fifty shekels of silver. He must marry the girl, for he has violated her. He can never divorce her as long as he lives."

2) Exodus 21:7-8 "And in case a man should sell his daughter as a slave girl , she will not go out in the way that the slave men go out. If she is displeasing in the eyes of her master so that he doesn't designate her as a concubine but causes her to be redeemed, he will not be entitled to sell her to a foreign people in his treacherously dealing with her."

N:B:
Here in this verse we can see that fathers can easily and freely sell their daughters as slaves to other men. The other men are free to rape the daughters if they wish to do so.

Lol. All what you quoted are laws God gave to the Israelites before Christ came and after he came all these have been done away with. Christians follow Christ and not the ceremonial laws God gave after the Israelites left Egypt.
So try again.

Newnas:


It's one thing to quote text, it's another thing to quote text in the right context without interpolation.

This is one thing and that is another. Ponder!

Do you even know why Islam made those legislations? Have you ever asked why?

Have you read what your scholars said about text I quoted?
So please explain the context

Newnas:


It's one thing to quote text, it's another thing to quote text in the right context without interpolation.

This is one thing and that is another. Ponder!

Do you even know why Islam made those legislations? Have you ever asked why?

All the interpretations I gave are inline with what your scholars say. In Islam you are not allowed to have an opinion. You are supposed to consult your hadiths or tafsir about every issue. So you cannot go around giving meanings to things that your books have agreed about.

fortran12:


Lol. All what you quoted are laws God gave to the Israelites before Christ came and after he came all these have been done away with. Christians follow Christ and not the ceremonial laws God gave after the Israelites left Egypt.
So try again.

Maybe you forgot what Jesus declared in Matthew 5:17-20

Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach [them], the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

fortran12:
In Sharia law, a woman's testimony is worth half of a man's and also Muhammad tells a woman that she cannot return to her first husband until she has sexual relations with another man.
The prophet also said that the majority of the inhabitants of Hell are women. When asked why, he said it was because they are deficient in intelligence and religion, and because they are ungrateful to their husbands.

So much for women in Islam!

I will not waste my time to explain those verses and hadith because you are here to criticise, so b4 you do that let me remind you what is in your book too,

Jesus considers women as dirt that defiles men (since Jesus, the GOD, is the one who supposedly inspired the New Testament as Christians claim):

Revelation 14:4 "Those are those (men) who did not defile themselves with women , for they kept themselves pure. They follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They were purchased from among men and offered as first fruits to God and the Lamb.

khalling2008:

I will not waste my time to explain those verses and hadith because you are here to criticise, so b4 you do that let me remind you what is in book too,

Jesus considers women as dirt that defiles men (since Jesus, the GOD, is the one who supposedly inspired the New Testament as Christians claim):

Revelation 14:4 "Those are those (men) who did not defile themselves with women , for they kept themselves pure. They follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They were purchased from among men and offered as first fruits to God and the Lamb.

Every one knows to yourself means to commit a sexual sin. So try harder next time.

fortran12:

Every one knows to yourself means to commit a sexual sin. So try harder next time.

Women are not only spiritually defiling to men as Jesus put it, but they're also physically defiling when they have their menses. Anything they touch becomes unclean:

Leviticus 15:19-30 "And if a woman have an issue (her period/menses), [and] her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be put apart seven days: and whosoever toucheth her shall be unclean until the even. And every thing that she lieth upon in her separation shall be unclean: every thing also that she sitteth upon shall be unclean. And whosoever toucheth her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe [himself] in water, and be unclean until the even. And whosoever toucheth any thing that she sat upon shall wash his clothes, and bathe [himself] in water, and be unclean until the even. And if it [be] on [her] bed, or on any thing whereon she sitteth, when he toucheth it, he shall be unclean until the even. And if any man lie with her at all, and her flowers be upon him, he shall be unclean seven days; and all the bed whereon he lieth shall be unclean. And if a woman have an issue of her blood many days out of the time of her separation, or if it run beyond the time of her separation; all the days of the issue of her uncleanness shall be as the days of her separation: she [shall be] unclean. Every bed whereon she lieth all the days of her issue shall be unto her as the bed of her separation: and whatsoever she sitteth upon shall be unclean, as the uncleanness of her separation. And whosoever toucheth those things shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes, and bathe [himself] in water, and be unclean until the even. But if she be cleansed of her issue, then she shall number to herself seven days, and after that she shall be clean. And on the eighth day she shall take unto her two turtles, or two young pigeons, and bring them unto the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. And the priest shall offer the one [for] a sin offering, and the other [for] a burnt offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for her before the LORD for the issue of her uncleanness."