What is the precise and correct text of the Prophet’s (peace and blessings be upon him) hadith after the Eid prayer regarding women giving charity and his saying, “Give in charity, for I have seen that most of the inhabitants of Hellfire are women,” and who was the woman who asked him about the inhabitants of Paradise, to whom he replied, “With every man there will be two women,” and in which book can this hadith be found?
The questioner referred to two hadiths. The first is that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "O company of women, give in charity and 많이 (increase) in seeking forgiveness, for I have seen you as the majority of the inhabitants of Hellfire." A woman said: "Why is it, O Messenger of Allah, that we are the majority of the inhabitants of Hellfire?" He said: "You frequently curse and you are ungrateful to your husbands (ashir)." The meaning of "ashir" here is the husband, and the meaning of the hadith is that women deny the kindness of their husbands and belittle what they receive from them. As for the other hadith, it is concerning the people of Paradise, narrated from Abu Hurairah, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "The first group to enter Paradise will have faces like the full moon on a night of بدر (fullness)... and each of them will have two wives, whose bone marrow can be seen through their flesh due to their beauty. There will be no disagreement or hatred among them; their hearts will be as one man, glorifying Allah morning and evening." Abu Hurairah used this hadith to argue that women in Paradise will be more numerous than men. However, this is contradicted by his saying, peace and blessings be upon him: "I saw you as the majority of the inhabitants of Hellfire," and his saying: "I looked into Paradise and saw that its inhabitants, the women, were fewer." It is possible that this refers to the initial stage, before the disobedient are brought out of Hellfire through intercession.
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