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Sahih al-Bukhari 5198 (Book 67, Hadith 132) #4978
Poverty and Women in the Afterlife

SUMMARY: The Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) saw that the majority of people in Paradise were poor and the majority of people in Hell were women.

Narrated 'Imran: The Prophet said, "I looked at Paradise and saw that the majority of its residents were the poor; and I looked at the (Hell) Fire and saw that the majority of its residents were women".
حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ الْهَيْثَمِ، حَدَّثَنَا عَوْفٌ، عَنْ أَبِي رَجَاءٍ، عَنْ عِمْرَانَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ قَالَ ‏ "‏ اطَّلَعْتُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ فَرَأَيْتُ أَكْثَرَ أَهْلِهَا الْفُقَرَاءَ، وَاطَّلَعْتُ فِي النَّارِ، فَرَأَيْتُ أَكْثَرَ أَهْلِهَا النِّسَاءَ ‏"‏‏.‏ تَابَعَهُ أَيُّوبُ وَسَلْمُ بْنُ زَرِيرٍ‏.‏

TOPICS
afterlife  *  poverty  *  women

QUICK LESSONS:
Be generous towards those who are less fortunate; Be mindful; Repent for sins committed; Treat all genders equally.

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about what happens to people after they die. The Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) said that he looked at Paradise and saw that most of its inhabitants were poor. He also looked at Hell and saw that most of its inhabitants were women. This hadith teaches us two important values - firstly, it shows us how important it is to be generous towards those who are less fortunate than us as this will help them gain entry into Paradise. Secondly, it reminds us to be mindful of our actions as a woman's sins can lead her to Hellfire if she does not repent for them.

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