Question:
Salaam Aleikum honorable ones,
Forgive me for my understanding is zero, but this question is for so long in me and I need to ask. Why are men considered so much better then women? While they do the most terrible things to women and children and are often victim of their sexual desire and proud ego. This sometimes they can not help, for most men are brought up with the idea they are the best / should be in the middle. Women have their own issues, like manipulating, but what other possibilities a powerless person has? It would take too much words to go into this deep, but being a woman and being, seeing all the suffering of women around me, why men are considered of more value, they do not behave/act like it.
Answer:
Alaykum Salam,
The superiority of men is a notion from Jahiliyya. There is only a relative superiority of men in certain things and of women in others. The last counsel of the Prophet, upon him blessings and peace, was a warning to men over how they treat women.
See the two discourses of Mawlana Shaykh Hisham Kabbani:
“How Prophet (upon him blessings and peace) honored women“, and
“Women’s Priority Over Men”
Hajj Gibril Haddad
