Fariq Naik – Is it not Disgraceful to Consider the Women as half a Witness

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The speaker discusses the issue of two women being equal to one man, which they believe is a common misconception. They also mention the use of witnesses in various political and cultural situations, but emphasize that the aim is not to imply anything.

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			The 15th most common question that
is there in the minds of the non
		
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			Muslims is that why are two women
witnesses equal to one man
		
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			witness, indicating that Islam
degrades the woman, Allah subhanaw
		
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			taala talks about witnesses in no
less than five different places
		
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			without mentioning the gender
except for one place and sort of
		
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			Bukhara chapter number two was to
add to or you believe when you
		
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			deal in any financial transactions
involving future obligations, put
		
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			it down in writing, and take two
men witnesses, but if you cannot
		
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			find two men, then take one man
and two women and Allah subhanaw
		
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			taala further continues and says
that if one of them us the second
		
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			will remind her so this was is
only talking about financial
		
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			transactions and nothing else.