Arabic (Original)
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الْحَسَنِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْجَوْهَرِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى وَزَكَرِيَّا بْنُ يَحْيَى بْن أَبِي أَبَانَ قَالَا ثنا ابْنُ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ حدَّثَنِي زَيْدُ بْنُ أَسْلَمَ عَنْ عِيَاضِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ قَالَ خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي أَضْحَى أَوْ فِطْرٍ إِلَى الْمُصَلَّى ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ فَقَامَ فَوَعَظَ النَّاسَ وَأَمَرَ النَّاسَ بِالصَّدَقَةِ فَقَالَ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ تَصَدَّقُوا ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ فَمَرَّ عَلَى النِّسَاءِ فَقَالَ يَا مَعْشَرَ النِّسَاءِ تَصَدَّقْنَ؛ فَإِنِّي أُرِيتُكُنَّ أَكْثَرَ أَهْلِ النَّارِ فَقُلْنَ وَبِمَ ذَلِكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ تُكْثِرْنَ اللَّعْنَ وَتَكْفُرْنَ الْعَشِيرَ وَمَا رَأَيْتُ مِنْ نَاقِصَاتِ عَقْلٍ وَدِينٍ أَذْهَبَ بِلُبِّ الرَّجُلِ الْحَازِمِ مِنْ إِحْدَاكُنَّ يَا مَعْشَرَ النِّسَاءِ فَقُلْنَ لَهُ مَا نُقْصَانُ دِينِنَا وَعَقْلِنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ أَلَيْسَ شَهَادَةُ الْمَرْأَةِ مِثْلَ نِصْفِ شَهَادَةِ الرَّجُلِ؟ قُلْنَ بَلَى قَالَ فَذَلِكَ مِنْ نُقْصَانِ عَقْلِهَا أَوَ لَيْسَ إِذَا حَاضَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ لَمْ تُصَلِّ وَلَمْ تَصُمْ فَذَلِكَ مِنْ نُقْصَانِ دِينِهَا
English Translation
Abu Sa'id al-Khudri said: 'The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) went out on Eid al-Adha or Eid al-Fitr to the prayer ground. Then he stood and admonished the people and commanded them to give charity, saying: "O people, give charity." Then he went to the women and said: "O women, give charity, for I have been shown that you are the majority of the people of the Fire." They said: "Why is that, O Messenger of Allah?" He said: "You curse frequently and are ungrateful to your husbands. I have not seen anyone more deficient in intellect and religion yet more capable of removing the sense of a resolute man than one of you, O women." They said: "What is our deficiency in religion and intellect, O Messenger of Allah?" He said: "Is not the testimony of a woman equal to half the testimony of a man?" They said: "Yes." He said: "That is from her deficiency in intellect. Is it not that when a woman menstruates, she neither prays nor fasts? That is from her deficiency in religion."'