Do the prophetic hadiths compare women to a dog or a donkey?
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The Holy Quran pays great attention to women, as there are chapters dedicated to them and many verses that address their rulings and rights. Islam has honored women and made them partners with men in human creation, responsibility, and otherworldly reward, and it has enjoined good treatment of them in all their roles. Islam has granted women an independent financial personality, owning and disposing of their money freely.
As for the misconceptions raised about equating women with dogs and donkeys in cutting off prayer, this is a misunderstanding of the . The hadith refers to a legal ruling (a reduction in the reward for prayer) due to the passing of these things. Other hadiths have shown that the reason for prayer being cut off by the passing of a woman is the fear of temptation, not her being equated with dogs and donkeys. Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her, denied this misunderstanding.
Scholars have differed on acting upon the hadith regarding prayer being cut off by the passing of a woman. Many have preferred that it is abrogated by Aisha's hadith, which is what most scholars have adopted.
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