Why did prophet Muhammed say that a piece of carpet is better than a woman who can not get pregnant?

Question

There is a prophetic statement told by prophet Muhammed that says that a piece of carpet at your home is better than a woman who can not get pregnant.

The above statement is mentioned in many Hadith books:

http://www.al-eman.com/islamLib/viewchp.asp?BID=383&CID=22

(1) Did prophet Muhammed really say that?
(2) Is not that considered as discrimination against infertile women?

This is the exact paragraph take from the link above:

وما روي في

الأخبار في مذمة المرأة العقيم إذ قال عليه السلام ‏"‏ لحصير في ناحية البيت خير من امرأة لا تلد ‏"‏ وقال خير نسائكم الولود الودود ‏"‏ وقال سوداء ولود خير من حسناء لا تلد ‏"‏

Hope this helps

Answer 1

o came back to lie some more, ha?

Answer 2

In the name of Allaah Most Benefit Most Merciful
All praise be to Allaah the Lord of all worlds
May Allaah's peace and blessing be upon His prophet, his family and companions

Again the question about the authenticity of the source whould be raised. In the part of text, you quoted, there is no source of the hadeeth. Also, this is the first time I hear for this hadeeth. Till now, I couldn't find it.
This is taken from the book 'Ihyaau uloomu-d-deen' by Al-Gazaalee. It is known that this scholar wasted a big part time of his life in following some thoughts that have no base in The Noble Qur'an and in the Sunnah of allah's Apostle SAWS. He repented a short time before his death. Also, I heard that this book contains really many da'eef - weak hadeeth, and that's a reason more not to believe in this. If we also consider that this hadeeth is very contradictorious to other saheeh - aithentic hadeeth, and ayats we have another rason to refuse this.

With that both your questions should be answered.

And Allah knows best.

And all praise be to Allaah the Lord of all worlds
And may Allaah’s blessing be upon His prophet Muhammad, his family and companions

Answer 3

Rates right up ther with alot of other things he said and did that islam denies even when faced with it. He really didnt care for women much, guess that's why he married an 8 year old girl! Oh well, what do you expect from a false prophet and liar?

Answer 4

Sahi Muslim No. 4206:
"A woman came to the prophet and asked for purification by seeking punishment. He told her to go away and seek God's forgiveness. She persisted four times and admitted she was **pregnant.** He told her to wait until she had given birth. Then he said that the Muslim community should wait until she had weaned her child. When the day arrived for the child to take solid food, Muhammad handed the child over to the community. And when he had given command over her and she was put in a hole up to her breast, he ordered the people to stone her. Khalid b. al-Walid came forward with a stone which he threw at her head, and when the blood spurted on her face he cursed her."

Here is the present-day follow-up:

When his daughter tried to run away yet again, Kina (father of the girl) grabbed a kitchen knife and an ax and stabbed and beat the girl [his daughter] until she lay dead in the blood-smeared bathroom of the family's Istanbul apartment. He then commanded one of his daughters-in-law to clean up the mess. When his two sons came home from work 14 hours later, he ordered them to dispose of the 5-foot-3 corpse, which had been wrapped in a **carpet** and a blanket. The girl's head had been so mutilated, police said, it was held together by a knotted cloth."

Honor killings, which occur with shocking regularity in certain parts of the Middle East and South Asia, target women whose actions - actual or suspected - violate the honor of their family, an honor which is thought to depend on the sexual purity of its female members. Victims are always being killed/slaughtered mercilessly by her own family members. Honor killing is a manifestation of global phenomenon in general and Muslim nations in particular. Since this terrible inhumane practice does exists only among the Muslims of the world-very often civilized people do blame Islam as the precursor of this dreadful act.

Answer 5

I have no idea unless it has to do with their belief.

BUT PERSONALLY,

I prefer the infertile woman.

OF COURSE,

she would be my wife

IF

I were married to an infertile woman.

I don't believe in adultery or fornication.

Answer 6

Sunni scholars are big fat liars!
The Prophet didn't say such a thing.

Answer 7

I didn't fiond the Hadith you're referring to in the website listed.

God Says:

" He mingleth them, males and females, and He maketh barren whom He will. Lo! He is Knower, Powerful. " (Verse 50/42. ash-Shura: The Counsel)

Answer 8

According to my muslim ex husband (notice the ex), women do not have souls and only mothers go to heaven.

Answer 9

Wouldn't surprise me that sounds like something from that crazy man.

Answer 10

That doesn't even make sense. I don't know, but I don't think he did say that.

Answer 11

1) Yes, he did.

2) By today's lights, yes it is. But back then, it wasn't just him who regarded the barren female as a waste of space. So did every other Semitic culture. In fact, until the world's total polulation passed 1 billion, mought nigh EVERYBODY thought that a woman who could not have a child was a pretty pathetic creature, good for little but drudge work.