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Is the Hadith "Teach your women Surat An-Nur" authentic? And did Sheikh Al-Albani classify it as weak? And what is the authenticity of its other narrations?

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The Hadith that commands not to accommodate women in upper chambers, not to teach them writing, but to teach them spinning and Surah An-Nur, is a very weak and fabricated Hadith. This is because one of its narrators is accused of lying, and another's narrations are abandoned.

The other Hadith that commands teaching men Surah Al-Ma'idah and women Surah An-Nur has a weak and mursal chain of narration.

As for the command to teach women Surah An-Nur, it has been narrated from Umar ibn Al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, with a chain of narration whose narrators are trustworthy.

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