hadith
9727
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Imam Ali (AS) said, O People! Verily women are deficient in faith, lacking in intellect and deficient in shares. As for their deficiency in faith, it is their abstention from prayers and fasting during their menstrual periods, and as for their deficiency in shares, it is due to their inheritance being half of what is inherited by men, and as for their lacking in intellect, it is because the testimony of two women equals the testimony of one man; so beware of the evil women and be on your guard [even] from those of them who are good.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : مَعاشِرَ النّاسِ إنَّ النِّساءَ نَواقِصُ الإيمانِ نَواقِصُ العُقُولِ نَواقِصُ الحُظُوظِ فَأمّا نَقْصُ إيمانِهِنَّ فَقُعُودُهُنَّ في أيّامِ الْحَيْضِ عَنِ الصَّلاةِ وَ الصِّيامِ وَ أمّا نُقْصانُ حُظُوظِهِنَّ فَمَواريثُهُنَّ عَلى نِصْفِ مَوارِيثِ الرِّجالِ وَ أمّا نُقْصانُ عُقُولِهِنَّ فَشَهادَةُ اِمْرَأتَيْنِ كَشَهادَةِ رَجُل فَاتَّقُوا شِرارَ النِّساءِ وَ كُونُوا مِنْ خِيارِهِنَّ عَلى حَذَر
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