Fariq Naik – Why are all the Messengers of Allah in Islam Males Are not Men and Women in Islam Equal

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A student from India discusses the issue of men and women being equal in Islam, with a focus on behavioral changes that take place in a woman’s mental and physical state. The man has to listen to the people, solve their disputes, and mix up the words into their actions. The woman has to lead the people in prayer, and men have to fight each other. The man cannot say he wants to become a mother, but it is important to know each person has their own personality and reward.

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			We will take the last question
assalamualaikum My name is
		
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			Muhammad KEF I am a student of
class 10 from India, Bihar Patna.
		
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			Why all the messengers of Allah in
Islam are males is the no equality
		
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			in Islam between men and women. In
Islam, men and women are equal.
		
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			Equality does not mean identical
at men and woman. They are equal,
		
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			but they're not identical.
		
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			And Allah subhanaw taala has given
each
		
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			person his own responsibility.
		
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			And there are a few reasons why
Allah subhanaw taala did not
		
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			choose woman to be prophets or
messengers of Allah subhanaw
		
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			taala.
		
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			And I'll just mention with you
these reasons.
		
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			The first is that
		
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			there are various behavioral
changes that take place in a
		
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			woman, for example, the menstrual
cycle, the postnatal bleeding.
		
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			So in these situations, a woman
her mental and physical state, it
		
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			is low,
		
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			she cannot do the role of a
prophet, and she cannot fulfill
		
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			the responsibilities of a prophet.
		
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			Besides is the woman, she also has
pregnancy.
		
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			And when she is a mother, she has
to take care of her child or her
		
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			children at the early stages of
life. In all of these situations,
		
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			a woman
		
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			She cannot do the role of a
mother, whereas the same time do
		
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			the role of a prophet or a
messenger of God and the prophet
		
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			or a messenger of God. He has to
listen to the people, he has to
		
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			solve their disputes, when there
is a dispute.
		
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			He has to mix around with the
people
		
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			solving their problems, etc. In
all of these situations, it will
		
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			not be appropriate for a woman to
do this. Because in Islam, it is
		
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			clearly prohibited the
intermingling of the opposite
		
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			gender, and the prophet or the
messenger, he has to talk with the
		
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			people communicate with the people
convey the message of Islam to the
		
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			non Muslims, if they have any
problem, if they have any
		
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			questions, respond to their
questions, etc. And one of the
		
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			roles of the prophet or the
messenger of God is to lead the
		
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			people in prayer.
		
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			And there are various positions
that we do in the prayer for
		
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			example, the Roku, the sudo, etc,
the bowing, the prostration, etc.
		
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			And all of these positions if the
woman she is an Imam, she is the
		
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			leader is to distract the people
behind the macdaddy the people who
		
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			are offering Salah behind the Imam
to distract them if the woman is
		
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			the Imam. That is the reason slam
a woman cannot lead the men in
		
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			prayer.
		
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			So that's the reason there are
certain responsibilities for the
		
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			woman and Islam. There are certain
responsibilities for the men
		
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			and many times the woman she can
get emotionally carried away if
		
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			there is a dispute, so she may
emotionally get carried away.
		
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			And besides this,
		
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			I would like to give you an
example.
		
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			If a robber enters the house, it
is Allah subhanaw taala who has
		
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			given the man most strength, it is
a man who will go and fight.
		
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			A person cannot say that I believe
in equal rights. Let the woman go
		
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			and fight. Each person has his own
responsibilities. Similarly, Allah
		
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			subhanaw taala has given a lot of
honor to the woman when she's a
		
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			mother. And there are various
Hadith talking about the
		
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			importance of motherhood and
Islam. A man cannot say that I
		
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			want to become a mother so that I
can get the reward of a mother,
		
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			but that should know each person
has their own responsibility.