Is the Hadith of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah’s prayers and peace be upon him, "Women are deficient in intellect and religion," related only to the days of a woman's menstruation, meaning the deficiency in intellect is due to states of excessive nervousness and irritability, and the deficiency in religion is due to the impermissibility of fasting and praying during that period?
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The states that the reason for the deficiency in a woman's intellect is that her testimony is half that of a man, and the reason for the deficiency in her religious commitment is her abstaining from prayer and fasting during her menstrual period. A verse in the Quran clarified that the reason for a woman's testimony being half that of a man is the fear that one of them might err, so the other would remind her. As for the deficiency in religious commitment due to her abstaining from acts of worship during menstruation, it is a deficiency for which there is no sin.
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