Was there a period of time, known as the matriarchal system (8000 to 3000 BC), during which women ruled the world, and what prophecies came during this period, and are they historically substantiated, especially since this is used as an argument for women's ability to lead and govern?
The Fatwa Center specializes in answering Shar'i questions and addresses historical events mentioned only in the Quran and Sunnah. The Center has no knowledge of the matriarchal system due to its absence in the texts of revelation. Allah has granted governance to men, not women, for profound wisdoms. Inferring a woman's ability to lead from the matriarchal system is invalid because it is an analogy made in the presence of a definitive text.
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