Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2613
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، هُرَيْمُ بْنُ مِسْعَرٍ الأَزْدِيُّ التِّرْمِذِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ سُهَيْلِ بْنِ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم خَطَبَ النَّاسَ فَوَعَظَهُمْ ثُمَّ قَالَ " يَا مَعْشَرَ النِّسَاءِ تَصَدَّقْنَ فَإِنَّكُنَّ أَكْثَرُ أَهْلِ النَّارِ " . فَقَالَتِ امْرَأَةٌ مِنْهُنَّ وَلِمَ ذَاكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ " لِكَثْرَةِ لَعْنِكُنَّ " . يَعْنِي وَكُفْرَكُنَّ الْعَشِيرَ . قَالَ " وَمَا رَأَيْتُ مِنْ نَاقِصَاتِ عَقْلٍ وَدِينٍ أَغْلَبَ لِذَوِي الأَلْبَابِ وَذَوِي الرَّأْىِ مِنْكُنَّ " . قَالَتِ امْرَأَةٌ مِنْهُنَّ وَمَا نُقْصَانُ دِينِهَا وَعَقْلِهَا قَالَ " شَهَادَةُ امْرَأَتَيْنِ مِنْكُنَّ بِشَهَادَةِ رَجُلٍ وَنُقْصَانُ دِينِكُنَّ الْحَيْضَةُ تَمْكُثُ إِحْدَاكُنَّ الثَّلاَثَ وَالأَرْبَعَ لاَ تُصَلِّي " . وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ وَابْنِ عُمَرَ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ غَرِيبٌ حَسَنٌ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Abu Hurairah reported that the Messenger of Allah addressed the people, admonished them, and said: ‘Women, give charity, for you are the majority of the people of the Fire.’ One of the women asked, ‘Why is that, Messenger of Allah?’ He replied, ‘Because you curse frequently’—meaning your ingratitude toward your husbands. He said: ‘I have not seen anyone more able to overcome people of understanding and sound judgment than you, despite your deficiency in reason and religion.’ One of the women asked, ‘What is the deficiency in her religion and reason?’ He replied, ‘The testimony of two women among you is equal to the testimony of one man; and the deficiency in your religion is menstruation: one of you spends three or four days without praying.’ Abu ‘Isa said: ‘This hadith is sahih gharīb hasan through this route.’ Reports on this topic are also related from Abu Sa‘id and Ibn ‘Umar.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The source explains ‘kufr al-‘ashir’ as ingratitude toward one’s husband and ties the stated deficiency in religion to not praying during menstruation. The explanation and both examples are retained; the English witness’s spelling ‘Khtubah’ is normalized as ‘addressed the people.’