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Is the Hadith of the seven whom Allah will shade with His shade on the Day when there will be no shade but His, restricted to men to the exclusion of women?

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Women are included among those whom Allah will shade. Theذكر (masculine form) in the hadith is used as a rhetorical device to prioritize the masculine over the feminine, as the discourse of Islamic law includes women unless specification to the contrary is proven.

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