Does the fact that most of the inhabitants of Hell are women necessitate that most of the inhabitants of Paradise are men, and does the fact that most of the inhabitants of Paradise are poor necessitate that most of the inhabitants of Hell are rich?
First: As for the rich, there is no explicit text proving that they are the majority of the inhabitants of Hellfire. Rather, it has been reported that most of those who enter Paradise are the poor, and that the wealthy and affluent are detained for accountability, not for punishment, while the arrogant and tyrannical among the rich enter Hellfire. The that mentions that the majority of the inhabitants of Hellfire are the rich has a weak chain of transmission.
Second: As for women, it has been authentically reported in multiple hadiths that they are the majority of the inhabitants of Hellfire, due to the hadith: "They are ungrateful to their husbands and ungrateful for kindness." It has also been reported that they are fewer among the inhabitants of Paradise. There is a difference of opinion among scholars regarding its interpretation. Some believe that the gender of women in Paradise will be more numerous because each man will have two wives, while others believe that the women of this world will be fewer in Paradise.
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