Are women less intelligent than men?

Peter and Abdullah had an email conversation on the topic whether men are more intelligent than women or not. Below is the highlight of this conversation –

Peter: In Islam, a female witness’s testimony counts half of a male witness’s testimony because women are considered less intelligent than men. Do you support such an anti-feminist view of your religion?

References:

“…And Call two of your men to be witness. If you don’t have two men, then call a man and two women of your choice to be witness so that if one woman goes astray, then the other woman can remind her. ….” (2:282)

"[Muhammad] said, 'Is not the evidence of two women equal to the witness of one man?'  They replied in the affirmative.  He said, 'This is the deficiency in her intelligence.'" (Sahih Bukhari 6:301)

Abdullah: The Quran 2:282 says – “O you who believe! When you contract a debt for a fixed period, write it down….And Call two of your men to be witness. If you don’t have two men, then call a man and two women of your choice to be witness so that if one woman goes astray (تَضِلَّ), then the other woman can remind (فَتُذَكِّرَ) her. The witness must not refuse to testify when their testimony is needed….” (The Quran 2:282)

The Quran 2:282 says to get two male witnesses for a long term debt contract. But if two male witnesses are not available, then it says to get three witnesses (a male witness and two female witnesses). Also, the Quran says once a witness signs the contract, he/she should not refuse to testify his/her witness on a later date if there is a disagreement about the contract between the debtor and the creditor.

The Quran 2:282 says a woman’s testimony counts half of a man’s testimony when it comes to serving as a witness of a fixed period debt contract between two third parties. But note that a woman’s testimony doesn’t count half of a man’s testimony in all situations. For example, the Quran 24:4-9 says a woman’s testimony is equal to a man’s testimony when it comes to defending oneself as a defendant against the allegation of adultery made by a second party (Quran 24:4-9). For more detail, read my post named "Court Trial for Adultery" or click on the link below to be directed to the post -

http://revivedeenislam.blogspot.ca/2013/08/women-are-inferior-to-men-in-quran.html

Note that a couple do not call others to witness when they decide to commit adultery. Adultery may have accidental witness or no witness. This is why God says in the Quran 24:4-9 that it is okay if plaintiff and defendant do not have witness. If plaintiff John claims that the defendant Sarah committed adultery with Paul on Sunday 21st at 4:00 PM in a cottage, then the defendant Sarah can bring Mary as her witness who will testify that the defendant Sarah was with her on the above mentioned date and time. Therefore, the accession of committing adultery with Paul in a cottage on the above mentioned date and time is false. But it is okay if defendant Sarah is not able to bring Mary as her witness. Defendant Sarah’s testimony counts equal to John's testimony.

Women are more gullible than men in general. Women trust others too easily, and are thus often misled. Emotion plays a very important role in trusting others. Women are more emotional than men in general. Maybe this is why the Quran says to get two female witnesses so that if one goes astray (تَضِلَّ), then the other can remind (فَتُذَكِّرَ) her. Note that the Quran doesn’t say a woman will make a mistake for sure when serving as a witness. The Quran says “IF one woman makes mistake” implying a possibility of that.

Does being more gullible due to emotion make women inferior to men? Of course not. Scientists have found that women are better than men at many things, such as raising children, taking care of elderly and sick, having extensive love and pity, taking care of one-selves, and so on. Do these make women superior to men? Of course not. God has given men and women distinct qualities but these qualities are not the indicators of one’s superiority over others. The Quran says both men and women are equal in the eye of God: "And whoever does righteous deeds, whether male or female, while being a believer - those will enter Paradise and will not be wronged, [even as much as] the speck on a date seed" (The Quran 4:124).

Islam neither favours nor disfavours women by counting women’s witness half of men’s witness. Do I favour women if I count women’s physical strength half of men’s physical strength in a wrestling competition and let two women fight against a man? I think I am not favouring women here, instead I am doing what is right. Women supporters who believe men and women have equal physical strength should be happy about my decision of letting two women fight against a man. This is because if men and women have equal physical strength, then it is an advantage for two women to fight against one man. The Quran 2:282 talks about intellectual fighting, not physical fighting. Debtor’s witnesses will intellectually fight creditor’s witnesses and lawyers in the court. Islam makes it right by letting two women intellectually fight against one man.

Quran says to get two female witnesses so that if one female witness goes astray, the other female witness can remind her. Why does it always have to be a female witness to get the other female witness back on the right track? Cannot a male witness guide a female witness if she goes astray? Islam separates men and women from working together. If a male witness is the unmarriageable kin of a female witness, then they can group up and work together. But if a male witness is a marriageable kin of a female witness, then they can’t group up and work together. When God commands us, he considers about all possible barriers that we may face while carrying out his commandments.

Peter: Correct me if I misunderstood but you admitted that women are less intelligent than men. This proves Islam is an anti-feminist religion.

Abdullah: If you can prove that women are more intelligent than men, then Islam is anti-feminist. But if I can prove that women are less intelligent than men, then Islam is not anti-feminist. Will anyone call you an anti-feminist if you say men are physically stronger than women? No, because it’s true that men are physically stronger than women. This means you are not an anti-democratic person if you speak “truth” about democracy’s weakness.

Note that I am not saying women are “dumb”. What I am saying is men are “more intelligent” than women. Men have always been dominated women. This proves men are more intelligent than women. Note that men don’t dominate women with their superior physical strength. We know that intelligence is greater than physical strength which is why human beings dominate elephants. Men dominate women with their superior intelligence. What’s the proof that men dominate women? Well, to be honest with you, if you keep your eyes shut, you will not see any proof. You need to open your eyes and look around for proof. Women have always been complained that men dominate them. Feminist movements or women’s liberation movements prove men dominate women.

Note that I do not support men’s domination over women. Men should not take advantage of women’s less intelligence and dominate them. If we follow Islam, men’s domination over women will end. Islam treats men and women based on substantive (real) equality. For example, it is not substantive equality if the government pass a law saying any citizen who sleeps in the street will be arrested. This is because a citizen who has a home will probably never sleep in the street but a homeless citizen obviously will. It is more likely that a homeless citizen will sleep in the street due to poverty than a citizen who owns a house. It is more likely that a female witness will go astray than a male witness. Therefore, it is substantive equality if we let two women intellectually fight against one man.

Peter: You said men are more intelligent than women. This is not true. Women are more intelligent than men. We have female scientists, doctors, engineers, lawyers, accountants, architects, and so on. Statistics found that more women graduate from schools than men. Often women score higher than men in IQ tests. Also, you said men dominate women. This is not true either. Women control their household matters, not men.

Abdullah: I never said women are dumb so they can’t be scientists, doctors, engineers, lawyers, accountants, and architects. I said men are more intelligent than women. You said more women graduate from school than men. Statistics found that women take their academic life way more seriously than men. If equal intellectual effort is made by both men and women, men accomplish more than women do. You said sometimes women score higher than men in IQ tests. Please make a note that good memory and devotion plays bigger role in getting good grade at school and in IQ tests than your intelligence. Most of the exams and IQ tests require you to recollect materials more than to apply materials.

Scientists say the most important thing needed to apply knowledge and skills is rationality. Emotion works as a negative factor on rationality. Scientists have found that women are more emotional than men. British feminist scientist Professor Susan Adele Greenfield conducted a research study to find out if women are less intelligent than men or vice versa. She found out that “women seem to function less 'mindfully' than men or, putting it less euphemistically, less 'intelligently'”. She said “the more 'emotion' you experience, the less 'mind' you have.” Sahih Bukhari 6:301 says women have deficiency in عَقْلٍ. If you translate the Arabic word عَقْلٍ using google translation, it says عَقْلٍ can either mean ‘mind’ or ‘intellect’ or ‘reason’.

What does the word “intelligence” mean? Intelligence means the ability to ACQUIRE and APPLY knowledge and skills.  Women are not poorer at acquiring knowledge than men. But obviously they are poorer at applying knowledge than men. Women are better in social science than applied science. Since both “acquiring knowledge” and “applying knowledge” make up the adjective “intelligence”, we can say that men are more intelligent than women.

Also, you said women control their household matters. I agree. But does this prove women’s higher intelligence than men? Most of the husbands obey what their wives say about household matters. Why do they do that? They do it not because they are less intelligent than their wives. They do it for peace and conjugal happiness. A woman can control her husband but not all other men in the society. As a whole, men control women in the society. A crocodile is stronger in the water than it is on the land. So, it is better for a crocodile to stay in the water. A woman is stronger in indoors than outdoors. So, it is better for a woman not to go outdoors. Islam encourages women to stay at home.

References:

Sahih Bukhari, Volume 1, Book 6, Number 301:

حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي زَيْدٌ ـ هُوَ ابْنُ أَسْلَمَ ـ عَنْ عِيَاضِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ، قَالَ خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي أَضْحًى ـ أَوْ فِطْرٍ ـ إِلَى الْمُصَلَّى، فَمَرَّ عَلَى النِّسَاءِ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ يَا مَعْشَرَ النِّسَاءِ تَصَدَّقْنَ، فَإِنِّي أُرِيتُكُنَّ أَكْثَرَ أَهْلِ النَّارِ ‏"‏‏.‏ فَقُلْنَ وَبِمَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ ‏"‏ تُكْثِرْنَ اللَّعْنَ، وَتَكْفُرْنَ الْعَشِيرَ، مَا رَأَيْتُ مِنْ نَاقِصَاتِ عَقْلٍ وَدِينٍ أَذْهَبَ لِلُبِّ الرَّجُلِ الْحَازِمِ مِنْ إِحْدَاكُنَّ ‏"‏‏.‏ قُلْنَ وَمَا نُقْصَانُ دِينِنَا وَعَقْلِنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ ‏"‏ أَلَيْسَ شَهَادَةُ الْمَرْأَةِ مِثْلَ نِصْفِ شَهَادَةِ الرَّجُلِ ‏"‏‏.‏ قُلْنَ بَلَى‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ فَذَلِكَ مِنْ نُقْصَانِ عَقْلِهَا، أَلَيْسَ إِذَا حَاضَتْ لَمْ تُصَلِّ وَلَمْ تَصُمْ ‏"‏‏.‏ قُلْنَ بَلَى‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ فَذَلِكَ مِنْ نُقْصَانِ دِينِهَا ‏"‏‏.‏

Source: http://sunnah.com/bukhari/6/

Jesus Was Sinless but Mohamed Was Not

Christian: The Koran 19:19 says Jesus was sinless but Mohamed was not! Jesus has higher status than Mohamed in the Koran! This proves Jesus is greater than Mohamed!

Muslim: The Quran 19:19 says: “He (Angle Gabriel) said (to Mary): ‘I am only a messenger (from) your Lord, the giver of an innocent child to you’.” The word “زَكِيًّا” means “innocent”. And the word “غُلَامًا” means “child” The Quran 19:19 talks about the baby Jesus. We know that babies are “innocent”. It is very common to use the word “innocent” when mentioning of children. For example, the United Nations declared 4th June as “International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression”.

I know that 1 Peter 2:22 says Jesus committed no sin in his entire life. Does being sinless make someone “God”? The answer is “No”. If being sinless is the criteria of being God, then Christians should worship babies because they are sinless. What makes someone God then? Being the creator of sin makes someone God. God created both good and bad deed to test us. 

Moreover, for the sake of argument, if I accept Bible's claim that Jesus was sinless in his entire life, we can't conclude that Jesus is a better man than Mohamed unless we know both good deed and bad deed data of Mohamed and Jesus. To understand this, consider the following example. Below are the good deed and bad deed data of John and Paul. Who is better person - John or Paul?

John’s points = 12 – 2 = 10

Paul’s Points = 8 – 0 = 8

Therefore, John is the better person.

Is there any way to know to know who is better person- Mohamed or Jesus? Yes, there is. God says –“[O Muhammad], We have sent you [for no other reason] but as a mercy for all creatures” (The Qur’an 21:107). Note that “all creatures” include Jesus and all of us. Mohamed is the mercy of God upon Jesus and all of us. Thus, it is clear that Mohamed has higher status than Jesus and all of us in the sight of God.

Where in the Quran does it say that a woman must cover her HEAD?

There is a proverb that says “A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.” I have seen a lot of women who claim to be Muslimahs but never cover their heads. When you ask them why they don’t cover their heads, their answer is “Quran doesn’t say to cover head”. The purpose of this post is to educate those little knowledgeable women who claim to be Muslimahs but don’t cover their heads.

I know a Pakistani woman by the name of Mena Khan. When I advised her to cover her head as a requirement of her Islamic faith, she got mad at me and challenged me to find her a verse from the Quran that tells women to cover their heads. I accepted her challenge and read this verse to her-“And tell the believing women to….extend their headscarves to cover their breasts” (The Quran 24:31). After hearing this verse, she told me that the verse says to cover breasts ONLY. The verse doesn't say to cover heads.

I asked Mona Khan this – “God tells you to cover your breasts with the extended part of your headscarf. How do you cover your breasts if you don’t wear a headscarf?” Mona Khan replied that I was twisting God’s word to justify my point and then she walked away. Our job is to invite people, not to guide people. God says – “(O Muhammad), your duty is not to guide them. God guides whomever He wants” (The Quran 2:272).

I want to ask you the same question I asked Mona Khan – “God tells you to cover your breasts with the extended part of your headscarf. How do you cover your breasts if you don’t wear a headscarf?” You must wear a headscarf that is large enough to cover both your head and breasts.

In the picture above, the woman on the left is wearing a headscarf that is large enough to cover both her head and breasts. But the woman on the right is wearing a headscarf that is not large enough to cover her head and breasts.

Disclaimer:  The character Mona Khan in this post is fictitious.

Why God Casts Terror into the Hearts of the Unbelievers?

Atheist: God says that he will cast terror into the hearts of the unbelievers and send them to hell because they associate partners with him without authority (The Quran 3:151).

Muslim: So?

Atheist: God is so mean.

Muslim: If you do something that you are not authorized to do, you will be punished. But if you do something that you are authorized to do, you will not be punished. This sounds rational, not cruel.

Atheist: Who gave God authority to decide what I am authorized to do and what I am not?

Muslim: If you are the owner of something, you have authority over that thing. Again, this sounds very rational to me. God is the owner of this universe and everything in it including human beings. God says in the Quran – “O company of jinn and mankind, if you are able to pass beyond the regions of the heavens and the earth, then pass. You will not pass except by authority from God.” (The Quran 55:33)

Who suffers loss if Muhammad was wrong?

Andrew: In chapter 34:50, Muhammad is commanded to say: Say: ‘If I go astray, I go astray only to my own loss; if I am guided, it is by what my Lord reveals to me. He is All-hearing, Ever-nigh.’ (Arberry’s Translation)

An enormous number of people (all Muslims) will suffer both earthly and eternal loss if Muhammad was wrong. But the verse say only Mohammad suffers loss if Mohammad was wrong. It is a plain error in the Qur'an.

Ali: Unbelievers claimed God didn’t reveal the Quran on Prophet (sw), instead Prophet (sw) made the Quran up and deceived people:

“And when our verses are recited to them as clear evidences, they say, "This is not but a man who wishes to avert you from that which your fathers were worshipping." And they say, "This is not except a lie invented." And those who disbelieve say of the truth when it has come to them, "This is not but obvious magic.” (34:43)

This is why God tells his Prophet in chapter 34:50 to tell the unbelievers that if he deceives others, then he would just deceive himself.

Below is the word for word translation of chapter 34:50-

(34:50) قَرِيبٌ  سَمِيعٌ إِنَّهُ رَبِّي إِلَيَّ يُوحِي فَبِمَ اهْتَدَيْتُ وَإِنِ نَفْسِي عَلَى أَضِلُّ فَإِنَّمَا ضَلَلْتُ إِن قُلْ 

       

قُلْ = say (o Muhammad)

إِن = if

ضَلَلْتُ = I deceive (others by inventing the Quran)

فَإِنَّمَا = then simply

أَضِلُّ = (I) deceive

عَلَى = to/at/in/on

نَفْسِي = myself

وَإِنِ = and if

اهْتَدَيْتُ = I am guided

فَبِمَا = then it (The Quran)

يُوحِي = reveals

إِلَيَّ = to me

رَبِّي = my God

إِنَّهُ = Indeed, he (my God)

سَمِيعٌ = (is) hearing

قَرِيبٌ = (and) close

Therefore, accurate translation of chapter 34:50 based on proper context:

Say, O Mohammad: if I deceive others by inventing the Quran, then I simply deceive myself. And if I am guided, then the Quran is revealed to me by my God. Indeed, my God is hearing and close.

Here is what the critics of Islam take issue with. They say فَإِنَّمَا mean “then only” since some well-known Muslim translators translated فَإِنَّمَا as “then only”. The phrase فَإِنَّمَا can either mean “the simply” or “then just” or “then only”. Let’s see what difference it makes if we translate فَإِنَّمَا in English in three different ways in chapter 34:50:

·  When we say “if I deceive others by inventing the Quran, then I simply deceive myself”, it means if Prophet (sw) deceives others, then he will deceive himself too.

·  When we say ““if I deceive others by inventing the Quran, then I just deceive myself”, it means if Prophet (sw) deceives others, then he will deceive himself too.

·  When we say “if I deceive others by inventing the Quran, then I only deceive myself”, it means if Prophet (sw) deceives others, then he will deceive himself only.

Note that if we say فَإِنَّمَا means “then only”, then first part of the sentence contradicts the second part of the sentence: “if I deceive others by inventing the Quran, then I only deceive myself”. “I deceive others” and “I ONLY deceive myself” cannot co-exist. Therefore it would be a wrong translation of the sentence if we translate فَإِنَّمَا as “then only”. It is accurate to translate فَإِنَّمَا as either “then simply” or “then just”.

By the way, how come Prophet (sw) deceives himself if he deceives others? The Quran says the deceivers will get double punishment of the deceived people. Therefore, if Prophet (sw) deceives others after knowing the punishment of deceiving others, then it is same as deceiving himself (putting himself in danger).

The Quran says- [God] will say, "Enter among nations which had passed on before you of jinn and mankind into the Fire." Every time a nation enters, it will curse its sister until, when they have all overtaken one another therein, the last of them will say about the first of them "Our Lord, these had misled us, so give them a double punishment of the Fire. He [God] will say, "For each is double, but you do not know." (7:38)

Andrew: Is it fair to punish both deceivers and deceived people? What is the crime of deceived people? Aren't deceived people victims? Shouldn't only deceivers be punished because they are criminals? 

Ali: An English saying goes like this-"You fool me once shame on you fool me twice shame on me." It is okay if the priest deceives you once in the church to believe in a lie. But it is not okay if the priest deceives you to believe in lies day after day in the church till your death. God gave you intelligence to distinguish between true and false. In addition, not everybody is deceived. Some people get deceived because they don't use their intelligence. People who use their intelligence don't get deceived. Thus, it is clear that deceived people deserve the punishment.

Does God Forgive Sins of Ex-Apostates?

Christian: The Quran 3:86-91 say God doesn’t forgive sins of apostates if they re-convert to Islam. If Islamic God is merciful, then why he doesn't accept the repentance of apostates? (Note that an apostate is someone who rejects Islam after accepting it.)

Muslim: Lets see if the Quran 3:86-91 say that God doesn't forgive the sins of apostates if they re-convert to Islam –  

The Quran 3:86 – “How shall God guide people who disbelieved after their belief and had witnessed that the Messenger is true and clear signs had come to them? And Allah does not guide the wrongdoing people.”

Interpretation: There are people who accept Islam after witnessing clear proof that Islam is the truth and then they leave Islam for earthly gains. God says these are wrongdoing people and God doesn’t guide them. 

The Quran 3:87 – “Those - their recompense will be that upon them is the curse of Allah and the angels and the people, all together.”

Interpretation: Those will have God’s curse on them. (Note that God refers to the people mentioned in 3:86 by “those”.)

The Quran 3:88 – “They will abide eternally therein. The punishment will not be lightened for them, nor will they be reprieved.”

Interpretation: They will stay in hell forever. (Note that God refers to the people mentioned in 3:86 by “they”.)

The Quran 3:89 – “Except for those who repent after that (after rejecting Islam) and correct themselves. For indeed, God is Forgiving and Merciful.”

Interpretation: By “those”, God refers to the people among “people mentioned in 3:86” who re-convert to Islam. God will forgive them and spare them from hell. This verse clearly says God will forgive apostates if they re-convert to Islam.

The Quran 3:90 – “Indeed, those who reject the message after their belief and then increase in disbelief - never will their [claimed] repentance be accepted, and they are the ones astray” (3:90).

Interpretation: By “those”, God refers to people “among people mentioned in 3:86” who don’t re-convert to Islam. The Quran 3:90 says people “among people mentioned in 3:86” who don’t re-convert to Islam will not have their repentance accepted that they made when they converted to Islam.

In Islam, if someone converts to Islam and sincerely repent for his/her past sins, his/her past sins will be forgiven. For example -

·         If 20 years old Peter converts to Islam and sincerely repent for his past sins, then his sins from the age of 1 to 20 will be forgiven.

·         But if Peter leaves Islam at the age of 21, his sins from the age of 1 to 20 will not be forgiven. ***

·         But if Peter re-convert to Islam at the age of 22, his sins from the age of 1 to 22 will be forgiven, and so on.

Now let’s look at the Quran 3:90 again: “Indeed, those who reject the message after their belief and then increase in disbelief - never will their [claimed] repentance be accepted, and they are the ones astray”.

Analysis:

·         Indeed, those who reject the message after their belief >>> apostates

·         and then increase in disbelief >>> and if apostates remain disbelievers/don’t re-convert to Islam

·         never will their [claimed] repentance be accepted >>> the repentance for the past sins apostates made will not be accepted.***

·         and they are the ones astray >>> and they are the example of people who are misguided.

72 Virgins in Islam

Atheist: Moslem men will get 72 virgins each in paradise. What will Moslem women get in paradise?

Muslim: First, The Quran and sahih hadith (Bukhari and Muslim) don’t say that Muslim men will get 72 virgin girls in paradise. The Quran says God will marry Muslim men with beautiful women in paradise. Sex outside of marriage is not allowed in Islam. This is why God mentions of marriage. The Quran says- “And We will marry them to fair women with large, [beautiful] eyes” (44:54).

Second, you asked what Muslim women get in paradise. Both Muslim men and women will get whatever they want in paradise. The Quran says–“…they will get everything they desire, and wherein they will dwell forever.   This is a promise which your Lord has taken upon Himself to fulfill” (25:16).

Atheist: You're a hypocrite. The Arabic pronoun for the English pronoun “they” used in verse 25:16 is “masculine”, not “feminine”. Therefore, the verse 25:16 means only men will have everything they want in paradise, not women.

Muslim: I heard that allegation before. The critics of Islam say the Quran's audience is essentially male because most of the time God uses masculine pronoun when he says “they”.

There are two forms of “they” in Arabic based on gender – (i) masculine (ii) feminine. There is no gender-neutral form of “they” in Arabic. This is why when you want to address both men and women using the word “they” in Arabic, you have to choose either “masculine form of they” or “feminine form of they”. In the Quran, God uses “masculine form of they” when addressing both men and women. For this reason, there is more uses “masculine form of they” in the Quran than “feminine form of they”. The critics of Islam are wrong when they say the Quran's audience is essentially male. The truth is the Quran’s audience is both male and female.

Atheist: Are you saying that the pronoun “they” used in the verse 25:16 means both men and women although the Arabic pronoun for the English pronoun “they” used in verse 25:16 is “masculine”? If so, then how do you know God addresses both men and women by using the “masculine form of they in verse 25:16”? God may address only men by using the “masculine form of they” in verse 25:16, may not he?

Muslim: That’s a very good question, my friend. You asked me how I know that God addresses both men and women by using the “masculine form of they” in verse 25:16 when the God uses “masculine form of they” to address only men in other places of the Quran.

Whenever you take a verse out of a chapter, you fail to understand the meaning of that excerpt in the light of that entire chapter. To understand the verse 25:16 in the light of the entire chapter, let’s read the next verse which is 25:17.

The verse 25:17 says God will gather misguided people on the judgement day who worshiped false gods. Again, God uses the “masculine form of they” to address misguided people in the verse 25:17. Does this mean only men go astray and go to hell? No, we know that both men and women go astray.

Therefore, it is very clear that in verse 25:16, God talks about righteous people (both men and women) who will enter paradise. And in verse 25:17, God talks about misguided people (both men and women) who will enter hell.

If you still doubt that God treats men differently from women when awarding them for their righteousness, then I would love to quote the Quran 4:124 to you. God says in the Quran that he is gender blind when rewarding the righteous people - "And whoever does righteous deeds, whether male or female, while being a believer - those will enter Paradise and will not be wronged, [even as much as] the speck on a date seed" (4:124).

The Devil Sleeps in Your Nose and Urinates in Your Ear

Christian: Prophet Mohamed states that Muslims should clean their ears and nose because Satan sleeps in the noses of people at night (Bukhari, Volume 4, Book 54, Number 516) and urinates in the ears of people who sleep after sunrise (Bukhari, Volume 4, Book 54, Number 492).

Muslim: So?

Christian: This’s unrealistic…..nonsense.

Muslim: What’s unrealistic and nonsense? Satan or Satan’s pee?

Christian: I believe Satan is real. But Satan’s pee? Come on!

Muslim: All religions believe Satan or Devil is real. You can’t see Satan, can you? How do you expect to see Satan’s pee, then? Prophet Muhammad (sw) says – “Satan reaches everywhere in the human body as blood reaches it (everywhere in one’s body).” (Bukhari 2035).

Christian: Okay, but how would you convince an atheist to believe that Satan sleeps in the noses of people at night and urinates in the ears of people who sleep after sunrise?

Muslim: Good question. Atheists don’t believe Satan exists, let alone Satan’s piss. I would suggest Atheists to read the my blog named "Prove to Me that God Exists". Once they believe God exists, they would also believe that genies exist. Satan is a genie.

Also, I would recommend them to watch the video below in which a genie speaks through a woman.

Why Can't A Muslim Woman Have Four Husbands?

Non-Muslim: Why Muslim men are allowed to have up to 4 wives but Muslim women are not allowed to have up to 4 husbands?

Muslim: Modern science tells us that if a woman has sex with multiple men, then both the woman and the men have chance to get AIDS and other sexual transmitted diseases. But, if a man has sex with multiple women, then neither the man nor the women have a chance to get AIDS and other sexual transmitted diseases. This is why Muslim men are allowed to have up to 4 spouses at a time but Muslim women are not.

Why Muslim Men are Allowed to Marry Up to 4 Women?

Ahmed Deedat Answers Why Muslim Men are Allowed to Marry Up to 4 Women:

Zakir Naik Answers Why Muslim Men are Allowed to Marry Up to 4 Women:

Does God Misguide People?

Atheist: God makes atheists disbelieve in him. Therefore, it would be unfair if God send atheists to hell for disbelieving in him.

Muslim: What's the proof of what you say?

Atheist: God says in Quran: "Indeed, those who disbelieve - it is all the same for them whether you warn them or do not warn them - they will not believe. God hath set a seal on their hearts and on their hearing, and on their eyes is a veil. And for them is a great punishment" (2:6-7).

Muslim: Does it prove that God makes atheists disbelieve in him?

Atheist: Yes, it does. God closed the hearts of atheists which is why they disbelieve in him.

Muslim: Your logic is that God sealed their hearts so they disbelieved, right? But which one happened first? God sealed their hearts first or they disbelieved in God first?

If God sealed their hearts first and then they disbelieved because of their sealed hearts, then it's God's fault. But if they disbelieved in God first and then God sealed their hearts as a consequence, then it is their fault. Did you read the entire chapter?

Atheist: Yes, I read the entire chapter.

Muslim: I am sorry my friend but I think you're not telling the truth. If you did read the entire chapter, you wouldn't say that God makes atheists disbelieve in him. When you take a verse out of an entire chapter, you fail to understand the meaning of that verse in the light of that entire chapter and end up having wrong understanding of that verse.

The Quran 2:26 says: "He (God) causes many to stray, and many He leads into the right path; but He causes not to stray, except those who forsake (the path)." The Quran 2:264 says: "…God does not guide the disbelieving people" indicating believing in God is a must to get his guidance. The Quran 2:6-7 says God closed the hearts of atheists as a consequence of not believing in God.

Same message has been repeated in the Quran 5:67–"…God does not guide the disbelieving people".

Similar message has been repeated in the Quran 16:104 – "Indeed, those who do not believe in the verses of God - God will not guide them, and for them is a painful punishment."

In conclusion, atheists disbelieved in God first and then God sealed their hearts as a consequence. Therefore, it is not valid to say that God sealed the hearts of atheists first and then they disbelieved because of their sealed hearts.

Muhammad's Marriage to His Adopted Son's Wife

Infidel: Prophet married the wife of his adopted son! Sick!

Muslim: No, Prophet Mohamed did not marry his adopted son's "wife". He married his adopted son's "ex-wife". Someone's ex-wife is NOT his wife. For example, if you mother divorces your father and marries me, can your father claim that I am having sexual intercourse with his "wife"? No, he cannot because the moment your mother divorces your father, she is no longer your father's "wife" but a single woman.

Infidel: Okay, but Muslims are allowed to marry their adopted sons and daughters, right? this means Muslims are a bunch of pedophiles!

Muslim: A pedophile is an adult who is sexually attracted to children. A Muslim is allowed to marry their adult adopted sons or daughters. Muslims do not marry children, therefore, they are not pedophiles.

Moreover, you need to understand that adoptive parents are not the really parents of adoptive children. There is a difference between your biological children and your adopted children. And because of that biological difference, God disallows you to marry biological children and allows you to marry your adopted children. 

Your adopted son is not actually your son. Instead, he is the son of another man but lives in your house and call you "father". When your adopted son calls you "father", it doesn't make you your adopted son's "father". Your adopted son calls you "father" to show you equal respect to his real father but not because he believes you are his real "father". If we really physically become what we are called, then you would become a "donkey" if someone calls you "donkey" because your less-than-average intelligence. There are numerous cases when we people call things that we don't really mean. We call people those things to express our honor or affection for them. For example, 

• An elderly person can call a young person of his son's age "son" to express that he loves that young man just like he loves his son. (e.g., What's your name, son?)
• A person can call his priest "father" to express that he honers his priest just like he honors his father. (e.g, Bless me, father.)
• A younger person can call an order person "uncle" to express that she honers that man just like she honors her uncle. (e.g., May I help you to carry your bag, uncle?)

God says to Prophet (sw) in the Quran 33:4 – “…He never made your adopted sons [truly] your sons: these are [figures of] speech uttered by your mouths - whereas God speaks the [absolute] truth: and it is He alone who can show [you] the right path.” God also says in the Quran 33:4 – "God did not make your adopted son as your own sons. To declare them so is your empty claim. God's word is righteous and constitutes true guidance.”

The Quran 33:5 tells Muslims to let their adopted sons and daughters to use their real (biological) parents’ names to identify themselves instead of using adoptive parents’ names to identify themselves because adoptive parents are not really their parents but guardians or caretakers of them. The Quran 58:2 tells Muslims not to call anyone their fathers or mothers except their biological fathers or mothers who gave birth of them.

Therefore, it is clear that neither the adoptive parents cannot call their adopted children "son" or "daughter" nor the adopted children can call their adoptive parents "father" or "mother' because they are not really each other's parents or children.

References:

"Call them by [the names of] their fathers; it is more just in the sight of Allah . But if you do not know their fathers - then they are [still] your brothers in religion and those entrusted to you..." (The Quran 33:5).

"Those who pronounce thihar among you [to separate] from their wives - they are not [consequently] their mothers. Their mothers are none but those who gave birth to them. And indeed, they are saying an objectionable statement and a falsehood. But indeed, Allah is Pardoning and Forgiving" (The Quran 58:2).

Niqab Is Fard (Face Veil Is Obligatory)

Question: Where does Quran say to cover face?

Answer: Hypocrite mullah Abu Harun says-"I have done a big research but nowhere in the Quran, it says to pray five times a day." Hypocrites ask these types of questions to confuse Muslims. The Quran is the textbook and Prophet (sw) is the teacher. The Quran says to pray, Prophet teaches us when and how to pray. The Quran says to cover, Prophet (sw) teaches us when and how to cover. The Quran is brief so God sends Prophet (sw) to explain it to us by examples. Prophet (sw) is the best example to follow for believing men and Prophet's wives are the best example to follow for believing women.

Sahih hadith of Bukhari clearly state that Prophet's wives and believing women covered their entire bodies including faces (when outdoors) under the rule of Prophet (sw), yet some hypocrites among us deny the truth. let them be humiliated in this life and hereafter.

References:

Sahih Bukhari, Volume 1, Book 8, Hadith Number 368, Narrated by 'Aisha (RA): Allah's Apostle used to offer the Fajr prayer and some believing women covered with their veiling sheets used to attend the Fajr prayer with him and then they would return to their homes unrecognized.

Sahih Bukhari, Volume 5, Book 59, Number 462: Narrated 'Aisha: "....He (Safwan bin Al-Muattal As-Sulami Adh Dhakwani) recognized me on seeing me as he had seen me before the order of compulsory veiling (was prescribed). So I woke up when he recited Istirja' (i.e. Inna lillahi wa inna llaihi raji'un) as soon as he recognized me. I veiled my face with my head cover at once...."

Sahih Bukhari Volume 1, Book 8, Number 347 Narrated Um 'Atiya (RA): .... A woman asked, "O Allah's Apostle ' What about one who does not have a veil?" He said, "Let her share the veil of her companion."

Sahih Bukhari, Volume 8, Book 76, Number 572: Anas (RA) narrates from Prophet (pbuh) "....and if  one of the women of Paradise looked at the earth, she would fill the whole space between them (the  earth and the heaven) with light, and would fill whatever is in between them, with perfume, and the veil of her face is better than the whole world and whatever is in it."