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Jami at-Tirmidhi 3022 (Book 47, Hadith 74) #28671
Women's Rights in Islam

SUMMARY: Allah revealed verses to Umm Salamah in response to her statement that men fight and women do not fight, and they only get half the inheritance.

Narrated Mujahid: from Umm Salamah that she said: "The men fight and the women do not fight, and we only get half the inheritance'. So Allah, Blessed and Most High, revealed: 'And wish not for things in which Allah has made some of you excel over others. (4:32)' Mujahid said: "And the following was revealed about that: 'Verily the Muslim men and the Muslim women. (33:35). And Umm Salamah was the first camel-borne woman to arrive in Al-Madinah as an emigrant.
حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي نَجِيحٍ، عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ، عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ، أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ يَغْزُو الرِّجَالُ وَلاَ يَغْزُو النِّسَاءُ وَإِنَّمَا لَنَا نِصْفُ الْمِيرَاثِ ‏.‏ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ ‏:‏ ‏(‏وَلاَ تَتَمَنَّوْا مَا فَضَّلَ اللَّهُ بِهِ بَعْضَكُمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ ‏)‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ مُجَاهِدٌ فَأُنْزِلَ فِيهَا ‏:‏ ‏(‏ إِنَّ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَالْمُسْلِمَاتِ ‏)‏ وَكَانَتْ أُمُّ سَلَمَةَ أَوَّلَ ظَعِينَةٍ قَدِمَتِ الْمَدِينَةَ مُهَاجِرَةً ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ مُرْسَلٌ ‏.‏ وَرَوَاهُ بَعْضُهُمْ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي نَجِيحٍ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ مُرْسَلٌ أَنَّ أُمَّ سَلَمَةَ قَالَتْ كَذَا وَكَذَا

TOPICS
women  *  inheritance  *  fight  *  emigrant  *  nisa  *  mirath  *  qital  *  muhajir

QUICK LESSONS:
Follow Islamic teachings on equality between genders, follow Islamic teachings on inheritance laws, be an emigrant if necessary for a better life elsewhere .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about the rights of women in Islam. It tells us that Allah revealed verses to Umm Salamah when she said that men fight and women do not fight, and they only get half the inheritance. The verses were meant to show her that both men and women have equal rights in Islam, including the right to inherit property. This hadith also shows us how important it is for Muslims to be emigrants - those who leave their homes for a better life elsewhere - as Umm Salamah was one of the first camel-borne emigrants who arrived in Al-Madinah.

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