Are these texts from the Qu'ran sexist?

Question

273. Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Treat women well. Woman was created from a rib. The most crooked part of the rib is the top part. If you try to straighten it, you will break it. If you leave it, it remains crooked. So treat women well." [Agreed upon]

In a variant in the two Sahih collections, "A woman is like a rib. If you straighten it, you break it. If you wish to benefit from her, you can benefit from her in spite of her crookedness."

In a variant in Muslim, "Woman was created from a rib, and you will never find any means to straighten her. If you wish to benefit from her, you can benefit from her in spite of her crookedness. If you try to straighten her, you will break her, and breaking her means divorcing her."

281. Abu Hurayra said, "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'When a man calls his wife to bed and she does not come and he spends the night angry with her, the angels curse her until morning.'"

In a variant they both have, "When a woman spends the night spurning her husband's bed, the angels curse her until morning." [Agreed upon]

In one variant, the Messenger of Allah said, "By the One in whose hand my soul is, there is no man who calls his wife to his bed and she refuses to come without the One in the heaven being angry with her until her husband is pleased with her again."

D, it says that all women suffer from "crookedness" (a bad thing assigned to this gender) and can't be "straightened" (improved). This is not a good thing.

Novan, it is part of the Qu'ran.

Mintee,

Do you deny that the Qu'ran says that the wife must have sex whenever her husband calls her unless she gets "harmed"? or else Allah will be angry with her?

Mintee, you haven't responded yet but your answer says some of the "hadeeths" are "strong" or "weak" so this is not necessarily wrong? Shouldn't these statements immediately be rejected rather than being posted in the "hadeeths".

Answer 1

religions are all about controling the sheep, i mean, congregation.

best advice: ignore them.

Answer 2

Why u People mix sex with everything .
Anyway This is not Quran verse.. It is Haddis, Sayings of Prophet Muahmmed(Pbuh) not a dictionary or diary as said some one above. It's important Book after Quran.

I don't know How much truth is in first haddis.. I will read about it and tell u.. Regarding 2nd hasis, Well If u are Hungry and if u found no Food in your house what will u do , u may go Hotel or go to your friend house and eat . And in same way if wife simple refuse have sex with husband with no valid reason.. Husband may tend to have sex with others.. Spreading Social evil in the society.. Family will be destroyed.. And he and his wife may contact to Aids and his life will be Finished. Islamic law is used to removed the "Root Cause" of the proplem before it Starts..bcz Prevention is better that Cure.. Read Quran. Learn truth . Have a broad mind..Don't think everything in negative way

Answer 3

Those are NOT texts from the Quran.. Please learn about what you post so others who don't know Islam wont be confused.. Its doesn't show well on your part.. these you posted are sayings from the religious scholars that followed around prophet Mohamed.. we call these Hadeeths.. (the sayings).. Muslims have two books.. the Quran, the written word of God and absolute law.. and the hadeeths, the written sayings from the followers and these are like diaries of people, that were around during the time of the prophet, they wrote down what he said, what they observed, his (the prophet's) interpretations and explanations of the Quran.. BUT, some are classified as weak and some more strong.. The prophet himself always said as a warning. "Some will say I said this, and some will say I said that".. Some will not be correct, its up to you in your heart to discern which is correct and use your logic...

Answer 4

Actually, the Koran is far more sexist than the Bible. It calls women "tilth" or farm land for their men to plow into; it says that women have half the brains of a man and hence must have 2:1 ratio of women to men for witnesses and, lest we forget, it allows men 4 wives, but no such thing for the women. .

Answer 5

According to me those texts are taken from the hadits of Muhammad pbuh because it is said from Abu Hurayrah.Abu Hurayrah is one of the trusted man who told the guide for implementation of Qur'an in dailily life.This stories were selected by Bukhari and Muslim and all valid stories were recorded and collected in the book of hadits of them.Abu Hurayrah is the honest man.In the Qur'an God spoke that God created Adam from soil and then God created Eve from the rib of Adam.

Answer 6

i dont know but the bible says this

Genesis 3:16 Says that all women must suffer great pains during child birth due to Eve eating the fruit of knowledge. (As if it is somehow just that humans should pay for their ancestor’s sins nor is a woman dying in labor some how befitting of a crime she did not commit.) The verse finishes of by saying a husband shall “rule” over his woman, stripping us off all power in between the sexes.

Genesis 19:8 Tells of a man named Lot who offers his daughters to a crowd of would be angel rapers. Later, Lot impregnates his own daughters after God kills his wife for simply looking back at the remains of her city.

Genesis 38:16-24 Tells a very interesting story of a man named Judah whom lived with his widowed daughter in law. His daughter in law was grieving and wearing the veils of mourning which Judah (a rather stupid man) mistook for the clothing of a prostitute. He ended up impregnating his daughter in law and she left the city. On a later date Judah sees the young woman again and demanded she be burned for being a prostitute (I like how only the woman is punished when THEY BOTH engaged in the sexual act). It wasn’t until Judah recognized the woman as his daughter in law and she was with his child, that he decided not to kill her. Basically, Judah can commit incest, use a prostitute (in his mistaken perception), and impregnate a MUCH younger woman, yet he thinks she is the one deserving of death.

Exodus 21:3-4 Says that if a male slave is given a wife by his master (regardless of how long they are wed, how much they love each other or if they have kids) he can not leave servanthood with his wife or children. The woman and children are merely property of the master and their personal happiness or sanctity of family doesn’t matter.

Exodus 21:7 God not only sanctions selling ones daughter into slavery, but he also gives out laws on how it should be done.

Exodus 21:10 God ordains men taking several wives and even sets up laws as to how multiple wives should be handled.

Leviticus 12:1-8 Explains that a woman has to be purified after giving birth because she is “unclean”. It goes on to say that birthing a male is cleaner then birthing a female, hence a mother must purify TWICE as long when having a daughter. This is BLATANT sexism from the point of birth. A woman is dirty simply for being a woman; this is obviously very biased and chauvinistic.

Leviticus 15:19-30 Explains that a woman having her menstruation must be avoided to the point of not even touching what she has touched. It is quite curious that women are punished for simply having a biological function that “God” claims to have created. What is so just about vilifying what you created?

Leviticus 18:19 Goes onto say that even LOOKING at a menstruating woman is wrong.

Leviticus 19:20 Says that if a man has sex with a slave or betrothed woman he must then “scourge” her. Scourging is a term for a severe flogging or whipping. I find it quite curious that the woman shall be punished to the point of a beating for such an occurrence, yet the man gets to go free for the deed.

Leviticus 21:9 Explains that unchaste daughters of priests must be burnt to death. What about his unchaste sons? Of course this isn’t even answered in the Torah, we are to assume yet again that men have the power to do as they wish and a woman must suffer the punishment for BOTH of them.

Leviticus 27:3-7 God places a dollar value on human life; with women worth less than men.

Numbers 1:2 Is the basis for the sexism that remains rampant today. In this verse Moses takes a poll of all the men who are able to fight in war, women aren’t even counted in the census. Apparently back then, just like today, us women are considered the weaker species and unable to battle. (Let’s not forget that during the time the Pentateuch was written women in Pagan cultures were FEARED and revered as the more powerful species. It is because of this patriarchal religion and it’s offshoots that we have been reduced to cowering sub-humans.)

Numbers 30:3-16 A woman can’t make a vow unless her husband allows it.

Numbers 31: 14-18 Moses tells his men to kill all the males, non-virginal women, elderly and children of the Midianite tribe. Of course, the virgin women are kept for raping. If you read later down in the scripture God states that the Jews can not even marry a Midianite woman (with exception to Moses). Hence these women who were captured were repeatedly raped and impregnated and they weren’t even allowed a marital status in which to protect them.

Deuteronomy 20:13-15 Kill all the men and boys in the cities that God “delivers into your hands,” but keep the women for raping.

Deuteronomy 21:11-14 If you see a pretty woman among the captives then just take her home and “go in unto her.”

Deuteronomy 22:5 Women that wear men’s clothing are an “abomination unto the Lord.”

Deuteronomy 22:13-22 Women, be sure to keep the tokens of your virginity. Otherwise the men of your city may stone you to death. This does not apply to men though, of course. What is interesting to note here is the actual wording, it says : “that if a man hateth his wife he may say she did not have the tokens of her virginity”. Since there is no way a woman can truly prove she had a hymen upon marriage the word rests on the husband and she can be disposed of simply when he tires of her.

Deuteronomy 22:23-24 is one of the most cruel and sexist passages of the Torah. It says that women who are raped and fail to “cry out loud” in a populated area are most likely enjoying the attack should be killed.

Deuteronomy 22:28-29 A rapist must buy his victim from her father for 50 shekels. Is this supposed to be some type of retribution? What about the victim here, what if she doesn’t want to marry a pig who raped her? All that matters is her father receives payment for his “property”.

Deuteronomy 25:11-12 Says that we must cut off a woman’s hand if she touches the “secrets” of a man who is fighting with her husband…“And thine eye shall not pity her.” Once again, there is no punishment for the man she touched, only the woman.

Answer 7

looks like the Messenger of Allah only had sex on his mind! Women are sex slaves to him.

Poor Muslim women! Refer Wafa Sultan...

Answer 8

from what Ive read there, it doesnt seem sexist at all. It seems like it is saying do not try to change a woman, and that you can benefit from a woman without trying to change her. I quite agree with it.
Men shouldn't try to change women they should be happy and benefit from what they have, and don't expect more!

Answer 9

SO... women are the 'top" rib? I like women and ribs so sounds good.
Also what about Muhammad "doing" his 9 year old concubine?
Seems a little extreme to me.

Answer 10

Those are not from the Qur'an.

That should be sufficient enough to say that it is not necessery or fundamental to the Islamic faith.

Answer 11

it explictly shows that islam guides mulims in every aspect of life like no other religion.