shouldn’t fathers be their for their children just as much? and who says a woman always has a child to take care of? what if she can’t have children?

Im married to an Egyptian Muslim..when I asked my husband this question he got impatient and defensive and had a big fight. I just ran into this video and wow such a beautiful explanation.

But don't those reasoning don't apply to - women who don't have kids - women with grown adult children - women who don't menstruate anymore

"muslim women don't need saving from islam, they need reminding of their islam " the most beautiful word said by any muslim

jazakumullah Khairan. I love the quote " women don't need to be saved from Islam, rather they need to be reminded"

The woman can also choose not have children, not all women have children. In the modern era women can take contraception or use iuds to stop menstrual flow.

BaarakAllaah feek for clearing this up

Well you cant say the children is the reason because the woman of that time had children at age of 16 or so....lets say 20...they could easily become a prophet at age of 40 while their children was already grown but yet we dont even have 1 woman out of 124000 prophets

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Great and informative video!

Not all women have children or want to have children Some women would rather devote themselves to God Why can not a woman pray when she is menstruating? I don't understand this, I enjoy my prayers at all times. If I am menstruating and in pain I pray to Allah to help me and he always helps me. Men came up with all these rules, women were never even asked. To me it sounds like something men came up with to belittle women. It just goes to show how much the entire system is organized to fit only men. Why wouldn't a woman be rady to receive God's revelation? Because she is in pain? Many people who were considered prophets went through a lot of pain and received God's revelation through pain or at least the pain was not enough of a reason not to receive God's revelation. Why wouldn't a woman then be able to perform the same role like a man in society? After all, God gave us this world to be a part of it. A woman can personally have a deep relationship with God but can not perform the societal public duties related to this relationship thus manifesting the power of love she feels for God into our society? I completely agree with is said here about equality. And the differences between sexes should be respected. But I don't feel that I am different than men in my capability and desire to serve God both privately and publicly. Peace be upon you

Magnificent! Short, concise and straight to the point!

Thanks a lot...I was in great dilemma...I didn't know how to break that But your answers satisfied me..

Thanks for this. Really well presented. 👍 . Waiting for more such videos.

MashaAllah SubhanAllah Explained so well 👏❤

Thankyou very much to clear my concept. May ALLAH bless you.

this was well done, I learned a lot

Thank you for the information

Great video, keep up the good work, may god bless you..

Some women are objecting that what about: 1. if some lady is barren? 2. doesn't want to marry? 3. a woman after her menopause? In Islam what really matters is the wish and will of God and His desires for us. Complying to it gives us the greatest of rewards. It's also for forbidden to compete for leadership (imam) and to put one's merits forward as this presumes arrogance which is one of the greatest sins. God loves humility on the part of all His creatures. Man are thus supposed to be elected to positions of imam by propositions of others. The Holy prophet saw of Islam woke almost everyday after midnight and prayed till dawn such that his feet became swollen to achieve the pleasure of his Lord and as a way of gratitude towards Him. In Islam, all believers are expected to emulate the prophet perfectly and more so the imams and caliphs. God in His wisdom has decreed that women's duties as a wife, daughter, mother etc would suffice for her to achieve the greatest of rewards without the additional external spiritual exercises which have been put on men. A women can achieve whatever a man can by just staying within the four walls of her house. While for man to achieve such same high rewards as women it has been made incumbent upon him to perform some external duties as well. He is expected to do all of his five daily prayers in the mosque (prayers at home are nullified if mosque can be reached easily and without major excuse). Women are exempted from all that. In Islam titles do not matter in the sight of God but rather it's the spiritual merit achieved in His sight. Man or woman should not be deluded by such titles as prophets, caliphs or imams. These are all external and in Islam what matters most is God's pleasure not titles. We all know what types of imams there are today... Desire to be called imam shows desire for wordly grandeur and achievement rather than caring for God's pleasure.

It's actually equal both male and female in front of GOD, from responsibility and Allah look us based on our Taqwa. Look for your religion from true source not based on the culture. May Allah always guide us to the straight path.

why does that ignore the fact that men also have to be consistently available to work and earn for their wives and children? is it ok for men to take gaps from this responsibility? and babies aren't being born continuously. continuously birthing babies is unhealthy. so why is that a reason or a potential reason? not all women get terribly sick due to periods. all women have always worked regularly at homes on periods, and work both at home and outside today as well.

Didn't Prophet Ayyub suffer a long ass sickness that restrained him from moving? Prophet Yunus who was even reluctant in the responsibilities of being a prophet? Yet they became one but women because of them being babymakers and having periods can't be one with this reasons?!?!? Lol. Even if the woman is menstruating, if she is really devoted to Allah wouldn't she find a way to fix that problem as an Imam? Also, considering that most Imams are old and women stop menstruating at an old age, what stops them from becoming one if that's the main problem? The Koran isn't didn't state that it is Haram either for a woman to be an Imam so why?? So many questions unanswered.

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I learn a lot from this Video Thanks!

Not all women wanna be mothers, just cause I have a uterus don't mean I must use it. Also prophethood comes at age 40 or something so she could already had all her kids and now grown ups. Prophets also gave time to their many wives and kids ...sorry it don't make sense to me.

great speach. touched my heart. Alhamdulilla.

I was confused at first but yes thank you that answered my question. That makes so much sense. Just to make it clear I was saying it made sense because of periods since an imam needs to be on duty all the time but I know not every woman have periods also men have roles as a father I do hate how she only put that responsibility on a woman’s head. I’ve changed a lot in the last ten months I’ve always been a feminist but during COVID I found out so much about WOMENS rights in Islam and wow was it an amazing ride.

What books you read anniemarrie?

Great information Rabia a female sufi saint is a great example that even women can gain enlightenment.

The reasons given for women not bring imams and prophets is rather shallow. Women tend to be able to multi task. How did Margaret Thatcher or Indira Ghandi become iconic and strong leaders of powerful countries while being mothers and wives? How did they lead their countries in successful wars while menstrusting?

Very wise explanation. May Allah give barakath to you sister.

Thank sister

Excellent 👌☺️.

thank god i find this chanel alahamdulilah

these excuses are so weak. 1. About taking care of children, the speaker says because women needs give full attention to children, therefore prophethood cannot be assigned to them. Well Muhammad only became a prophet at the age of 40. Any women at the time would have long married and raised children old enough to take care of themselves by 40. 2. Menstruation, we have female leaders everywhere today, I guess none of them suffer from the pains of menstruation? 3. Rights for women in Islam. Inheritance is half the share of a man. Divorce is done through consent of the husband, while men can simply divorce unilaterally. And what does this even have to do with the original question of female prophethood?

Didn't answer the question but okay thanks

Malala got Nobel prize... Her greatest achivement is "going to school under taliban rule "... Proves how much right to education is given...

Jazakillahu khairun ohhhh This video has helped me a lot to give answer to my atheist classmate asking me, women cant lead in islam, and it is a very rational informative video

Great explanation

It's amazing how Muslims only limit Prophethood to Males just because ALLAH did not mention any female Prophets in the Quran by name. ALLAH clearly said HE has sent many Prophets to the Children of Israel and other nations before Muhammad although HE did not mention them by name. Almost all the Prophets mentioned by name in the Quran are from The Children of Israel. If you go through the writings of the Children of Israel you will clearly find female Prophets mentioned by name and ALLAH speaking through them. For instance, I am one of the few people who believe that Mary the mother of Jesus Messiah was a Nabi even though she did not preach. Please read the verses of ALLAH, it is clearly evident that she received verses and instructions from ALLAH look at the way ALLAH addresses her and the fact that HE has mentioned her in the list of the Prophets in Surah Al Nabiyun

Jazakallaa

"Equal does not mean identical" ... twisting words does not twist reality

If we take the Quran at it’s word that the the Bible is from Allah (29:46 AYA, 10:37 AYA), and his word cannot be changed, and what the Jews and Christians had at that time is the same as what we have now (because we have complete manuscripts that pre-date the Quran), and that Allah affirmed what they had at that time (5:43 MP, 5:47 MP, 5:71 AYA/68 MP, 3:93 AYA, 2:111 AYA, 5:77 MP/80 AYA, 10:94 AYA/95 MP) there were multiple females whom he chose as prophets. The Quran says that the Bible is the word of Allah, so it is the truth, so there were female prophets that instructed men as well as women. Miriam (Exod. 15:20) Deborah (Judg. 4:4) Huldah (2 Kings 22:14; 2 Chron. 34:22) Noadiah (Neh. 6:14) “the prophetess” (Isa. 8:3) Anna is a “woman prophet” (prophētis), which is the same Greek word the Septuagint, the Greek translation of the Old Testament, uses to translate the Hebrew něbī’āh (Luke 2:36). Like the prophet Simeon who is paired with her (2:25-27), Anna is led by the Holy Spirit to speak about Jesus “to all who were looking for the redemption of Jerusalem” (2:38). The masculine gender of the signifiers describing her intended audience suggests Anna prophesies to both men and women.

Not only in islam most of the religions have men as the bigger hand in this condition

So Ur saying a woman can't be doctor, nurse as well, if we apply the analogy... It's pathetic to see women who I cannot understand they are living in a patriarchal society but still believe they have more right😏

Mashallah well said

Masha'Allah

In our country womens are in army navy airforce and almost all uniformed services like ips, forest rangers etc... and many womens in politics even as a prime minister and they raised their child in a good manner. I am not targeting particular religion. all religion don't allow womens to priesthood. Does a priest has more responsibility than all the others mentioned above . No all religious text was written based on their society at the time were full of Male dominance. Now we have to give equal rights to womens on all aspects. If you think your point is valid then women cannot do any work in society other than home maker.

I was listening with full concentration until Maloon Mirza showed up.

This increased my respect for woman Alhamdulillah

This is getting confusing because when people talk about prophets they often make an association with supranatural things but when they make an excuse for why there were no women prophet they talk about how fragile woman was because of their biological features. Why don't God just gave a miracle for woman prophet such as having a strength as 10 men, having high intelligent equal to 10 greatest thinker in the world at that time, exclude them from having menstruation period or at least not having it too long, quickly recover within a day from giving birth etc? Is it really that much of a difference compared to the time when male prophet having sick? when they can't be on a full duty. Why do people so easily accept any miracles given to prophets although it cannot be explained by science, but when they were asked about why there were no women prophet they make an apologise about how fragile woman was and is now.

*I AGREE SISTER*

This is pretty unsatisfying

If a woman is infertile and does has irregular menstruation, would she be able to be an imam/prophet?

Please be clear with terminology. There is a clear distinction between a kalif and an imam.

Pease be on you sister 🤲🏽

JazakAllah

I agree with everything you say except the part related to menstruation etc making women weaker. I feel Allah knew men wouldn't bow if a woman leads him in prayer. I can't say about the whole world but the part of world where I live (Asia) even after centuries have passed,the situation for women hasn't changed and wouldn't change IMO. _Asians have had women as queens,prime ministers, president way before the West has had but when an Asian man would be asked to stand behind a woman he simply won't_ No amount of scientific, economic, political,social development would change a man's belief of superiority. The only woman who can be ahead of a a man is his mother. And she would be seconded if the father of the man comes into the picture. Of course there are some matrilineal societies here in Asia but they're very few. *Also, the crimes against women in East as well as the West give me a feeling that a woman might rule the heart of a man and even a country by herself, but she cannot rule a man's mind* Isn't it ironical that all the slangs and cuss words have a woman in it- mother/sister/ daughter. There's no cuss word having father/brother/son This tells us that women a man considers worthy are his mother, then wife & then daughter. And he would not let any random women to be ahead of him. Men don't even let women get into mosques in Asia, forget leading the prayer😔

A woman after menopause could be a prophet and calipha and publicly lead a congregation. Correct?

While I commend Muslims for trying to educate non Muslim anout the Deen ot is important to me to understand the click bait liberal thinking dominates the media. Only when a person is truly seeking will they hear, understand and accept the way of life of others.

What a bullshit reason srsly.... Bcz woman give berth to the child and she hv menstruation she can't be prophet or imam.... Srsly now I can imagine how they mislead

Cos God said so , that's what it comes down to.

Jazakallah we really need more people like you who look at it logically rather than with a patriarchal mind.

Some drops of errors from the total ocean of errors in the Bible:- 1. The Bible says that the sky is "hard as a mirror of cast bronze" Job 37.18. So the Bible insists on a static universe. Actually Albert Einstein's famous blunder, the cosmological constant, was to explain the static universe. Although at that time no scientific evidence existed to support that claim, Einstein gave the Bible the benefit of the doubt and went for a static universe, non-expanding non-contracting. Later, when Edwin Hubble discovered the expansion of the universe, Einstein retracted this cosmological constant and called it the biggest blunder of his career. By trusting the Bible Einstein got it wrong by the order of 10^120 2. The Bible says that Earth is a 2 dimensional flat disk and the heaven is like a canopy: Isaiah 40.22. And since Earth is flat then Jesus could see the entire Earth from a single high location Matthew 4.8 3. The Bible explains how the sun is related to day and night (Genesis 1.1-31). It says that on the first day God created the light and darkness on Earth, the first evening came and the first morning followed. But God did not create the sun until the fourth day, specifically after three evenings and three mornings. So three evenings and the three mornings occurred on Earth before there was a sun. So according to the Bible daylight occurred without the sun! 4. Our sun is a very small star. Actually our solar system, including the atoms that you are made of, came from a dying star 100 times more massive than our sun. Some stars are even bigger than our solar system, so you can imagine how large stars are. However according to the Bible these stars are so small that they could fall on Earth: In Mark 13.24-30 Jesus said that stars will fall on Earth before his second coming. Actually he said that stars will fall on Earth before even that generation pass away. However that generation passed away a long time ago and no star ever fell on Earth nor ever will. Do you know why? Because Earth will vaporize before it even contacts a star. So according to the Bible, Jesus's second coming will happen when Earth is already vaporized! 5. Today's scientists have confirmed that animals inherit their colors and stripes from their parents (through DNA), the Christian Bible says something else: In Genesis 30.37-42, the Bible explains how baby goats get their streaked colors: If their parents were mating AND LOOKING at upright rods then the baby goats will have stripes; while if their parents were mating BUT NOT LOOKING at upright rods then the baby goats will not have stripes! 6. In the Christian Bible Jesus insists that the only sign we should verify is him being in the grave for three days and three nights (Matthew 12:38-40). So we are checking: He was crucified on Friday afternoon, the day before the Sabbath (Mark 15:42), and then he was resurrected on Sunday morning (Mark 16:9). Between Friday afternoon and Sunday morning there is 36 hours. Can anyone fit within those 36 hours three days and three nights? 7. According to the Bible Earth's gravity is so strong that it will make stars fall on Earth: In Mark 13:24-30 Jesus said that stars will fall on Earth before his second coming. Actually he said that stars will fall on Earth before even that generation passes away. However that generation passed away a long time ago and no star ever fell on Earth nor ever will. 8. The Christian Bible falsely claims that during the time of King David they paid for the temple 10,000 gold darics, coins which turned-out to be actually struck by King Darius 400 years later (1 Chronicles 29:7) 9. The Bible insists that the sky is blue: Exodus 24:10 10. According to the Christian Bible David bought a plot of land on which the temple was to be built. One chapter says the price was 50 shekels of silver, another chapter says the price was 600 shekles of gold. So according to the Bible money is relative 11. The Christian Bible says that Earth is fixed on top of pillars 1 Samuel 2:8 12. The Bible insists that Jesus could see the entire Earth from a single high location (Matthew 4:8); but this is only possible if Earth is flat. And if Earth is flat then everybody should see the moon at the same time but today we know that this is false. The moon can only be seen at night, while people in daytime cannot see it. 13. The circumference of the circle is πD. So if the diameter is 10 units then the circumference should be 31.4 units. However in describing the temple the Christian Bible erroneously claims that the circumference is 30 units, making π = 3 (1 Kings 7:23) 14. The Bible says that stars burn like lamps, that is, it is a chemical reaction Revelation 8:10. However in reality there is no such thing as burning, instead atoms fuse inside stars by gravity, a nuclear reaction, not chemical 15. In Proverbs 6:6-7,Bible says Ants have no rulers,no boss,no leaders.Today because of entomologists we know many things about ants. They are social insects, which means they live in large colonies or groups. Depending on the species, ant colonies can consist of millions of ants. There are three kinds of ants in a colony: The queen, the female workers, and males. The queen and the males have wings, while the workers don’t have wings. In The Bible, it asserts that ants have no commander, no overseer or ruler...

I was scratching my belly button and wondered if Jesus had a belly button, and that's where I am now

So woman can be Prime ministers, Business women and Scientists but they cant make it as an Imam. You have a very convincing tone but lack any logic.

Logic and science have nothing to do with women not being prophets or imams. It is Gods will, and not an indication of inferiority that needs to be explained

What about women who don't have children? Or women who don't have any problems with their periods? Are they exempt?

The reasons given were not convincing. There don't really even need to be reasons for this, but if you're going to go looking for them, a woman's menstrual cycle is not a valid reason for her not being "able" to be a Prophet. Allah would have just shown women how to handle their cycles through an example or that knowledge would have been lost like so much already has of male prophets. Allah in his wisdom chose to remind us of some prophets and messengers and not of others. We don't know the races of the prophets either or who He sent, and to where, yet we know He's sent messengers to every nation. He doesn't say in the Qu'ran that there weren't any female prophets and there is no hadith that says there weren't. We are making this jump. Is my above claim a legal argument for a woman to seek means of leading groups, communities, states, countries consisting of men? I don't believe so, as there are hadith that warn against this.

Alhamdullah ....

In christian can be prophet a girl and man and now still have. 😇

Agreed

I appreciate that an informed sensible explanation is tying to be given but it leaves gaps for further questions or “then what about...” arguments. it’s best to first say JUST Because Allah Willed this. That is the way Allah said to. So we as Muslims accept it and remain satisfied with it. And that is enough for us Muslims. We r satisfied with it because Allah has the utmost wisdom in his commands than any intelligent human can ever obtain. That way there is no door open for counter arguments. We don’t go around asking these same types of questions to other religions. Why not? Again bc Allah commanded us to respect the other religions. It’s a form of respect that we aren’t them so we don’t probe at it. But the explanation given here obviously is very logical for those sincerely seeking an answer.

Thousands of prophets were not named or even mentioned their gender is unknown also women can be imamas mostly for women communities.

We have equity in Islam (than) Then Equality.

Ohk atleast islam should have allowed women with no children to be caliphates.....and...is menstruation impure? Do you think so? Even if the argument is that its nly ritually impure....!! This is no where near justification. And not every women suffers anemia nausea etc during menstruation!!!

All was u said is fine but 1 thing i wanna tell u as a revert i have experienced all the religions and i know something which is strange for u but any prophet who was supposed to be woman is called evil and shaytan in islam and that was refrence in quran too also the wifes of some prophet people maded goddess and deities over many religions there names are different but u will know the roles when u read there scripts and compare it with ours also woman cannot and never be prophet yes islam gave woman rights more than any religion but woman are still half of men prophet saw said this i didn't what u have readed in quran equality is the some of rights only not fully and prophet saw said if u have got any witness over any law bring one man or if there is none bring 2 woman for 2 woman js equal to 1 man there are many reason behind this too but u haven't readed the former scripts truth are there some knowledge were given to only few prophets not all and also prophet saw was supposed to get all but Allah said it was given to him which was more important to ummah but he knows something which we haven't thats why he said if i tell u something which i know than u may laugh less and cry more also if he was told something than it is not lawful for him to tell us Allah swt warned prophet saw over that in surah haqqah 69 so its better to get knowledge of all prophet's and compare it with our deen so that we may know good i hope u will the the truth soon inshallah ameen

The name itself contradict itself

I like this channel a lot as I learn things about Islam, and to be honest because the presenters all seem to be Brits. I try to accept the explanations at face value. This is one where I think their argument is totally weak and reflects outdated notions of women. I must call them out on it. The modern world of women is not reflected in their explanation. Truly, I think this video hurts Islam more than it helps.

As for the first point, Allah appointed Prophethood to Isa SAW and didn’t gave burden of a family.. so he can do his duties... Allah could do the same for a women prophet... but never did the same... 2) As for menstrual issues, Allah could give prophethood for a women after menopause so that issue also can be resolved... Prophet Mohammed was given prophethood at 40 and Salah was imposed at a much later age... in short Allah could appoint a women that is not married or widowed with no children at menopause age... Allah didn’t as he knows always Men are better than women...

women have different role in this life ,, which is not weak .

She’s a member of the Ahmadiyya association 😐😑

Holy shit, this channel!! Why the hell they're showing ahmedi claimors who don't consider nabi صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم the last prophet

my mother that left me becuz she didnt want me as a baby: 👁👄👁

This is Ahmadyia channel not Muslim!

10 woman not having kids throughout history wouldn't be the end of the world. In return they could teach other woman and these teachings would have lasted till now. We could be using them. This seems more important to human kind than raising 10 kids. Besides muhammad became a prophet in his 40s. By that age a woman could have raised their kids to adulthood and moved on to become a prophet. If social structures were the issue thats what miracles are for

MUHAMMAD (PBUH) IS THE LAST AND FINAL MESSENGER OF ALLAH. HE BORN IN MAKKAH AND DIED IN MADINA,1442 YEARS AGO.

The responsibility of Motherhood does not prevent a woman from Prophethood. ALLAH will never give responsibility to a men that they cannot handle. The female Prophets of Israel were all married and had children but they still led people in prayer and fulfilled their prophetic duties with ease. So this explanation does not validate the denial of female Prophets in Islam... When you deny one female Prophet, you basically deny all the other Prophets. Just because ALLAH did not mention them by name in the Quran does not mean HE did not send them. Go back to the history of the Children of Israel. Female Prophets are there..... And ALLAH spoke through them.

There are many women presidents and astronomers. If they can handle these responsibilities, they can easily handle a role like imam ffs. Your arguments are utterly stupid and biased.

Walaikum slaam

If a woman is raped, she has to produce four eye witness to prove her allegation. If she can't, she herself will be punished for bringing false allegation. Eye witness of two women is considered as that of one man. This is because woman's brain is half of man. Husband is considered as lord or malik and wives are subordinates or like servants. So husband has authority to punish wives for their any fault, whereas wives have no such right. Husband has right to give talak, or divorce, but wives have no such right. If husband utters talak three times, talak is final, it cannot be reversed. If husband wants back his wife, then the wife has to marry, sleep with another person at least for one night, then get talak. This is halala. A women is not allowed to go out of house to market or elsewhere without the escort of her father, brother or husband. They are called mahram. A woman is not supposed to talk loudly in public and should not make sound while walking. Women are not allowed to mix freely with men. As such women are discouraged for education. However, for learning quran, there will be separate madrassas for girls. Women are not allowd in mosque. If required, there will be separate place for them to offer namaaz. Women are not allowrd to show their hair, face, parts of body in public. Tight fitting dress are not allowed. They are supposed to wear full veilled burqa. A baby girl can be married off to an aged man without her knowledge and consent. However, physical will be done only after menstruation, which starts as early as 8 years age. Husband can demand sex from wife any time, any condition , wife cannot refuse, irrespecive of her nonwillingness, illness or any other reason.

There were female prophets, Maryam (A.S) was a Prophet. She spoke directly with an angel. But Saudi won’t allow this narrative. They are misogynistic. This video is total BS. There is more to women than periods and having children. It is hard being a woman when there are videos like this and men telling us what are roles are supposed to be.

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In fact in islam women doesn't need to be a prophet or an imam, they are a mother of a man which is higher from any other man.

I liked the video, but i just have one problem. Why is it that women are limited in what roles they can be just because you assume they want to be parents? For example nums dedicate their lives to god and they dont have children, why cant the same be done? And why does it assume that moms have to be there 24/7? Mothers can work and take car of their children. You talk about equality and requity, yet if that is true there should be atleast the choice for women to be whatever they want, as a man can. I dont see this a flaw of islam, because this is a social accepted construct, not a word of god, no where in quran does it say that you cannot be an imam. I dislike how this is not only accepted but taught as god’s word.

It looks like ahmadiyya/qadiani channel

Ask ALLAH SWT

Now you know why some folks in the western world have issues with “Diversity and Inclusion”, try applying inclusion for female Imams, what about Trans Imams?

Was Jesus’s mother, Mary a Prophet?