“O women, give in charity and pray a great dealforforgiveness, for I have seen that you form the majority of thepeopleof Hell.” A woman who was very wise said: “Why is it, OMessenger ofAllah, that we form the majority of the people of Hell?”He said: “Youcurse a great deal and you are ungrateful to yourhusbands, and I havenever seen anyone lacking in discernment andreligion moreoverwhelming to a man of wisdom than you.” She said:“O Messenger ofAllah, what is this lacking in discernment andreligion?” He said:“The lack of discernment is the fact that thetestimony of two womenis equal to the testimony of one man; this isthe lack of reason. And(a woman) spends several nights when she doesnot pray, and she doesnot fast in Ramadhan, and this is the lack inreligion.”