The Reason for the Superiority of Man Over Woman

Chapter 286 – The reason due to which the man is superior to the woman.

Muhammad Bin Ali Majaylawiya narrated to us, from his uncle, from Ahmad Bin Abu Abdullah, from Abu Al Hassan Al Barqy, from Abdullah Bin Jabala, from Muawiya Bin Amaar, from Al Hassan Bin Abdullah, from his forefathers, (It has been narrated) from his grandfather al-Hassan Ibn Ali Ibn Abu Talib (a.s.) having said: ‘A number of Jews came to the Messenger of God. So, a scholar of theirs asked questions. Among what he asked him was that he said to him, ‘What is the preference of the man over the women?’ So the Prophet said: ‘Like the preference of the sky over the earth, and like the preference of the water over the earth, for the water revives the earth, and by the men, the women are revived. Had it not been for the man, the women would not have been Created. God is Saying [4:34] Men are the maintainers of women because God has Made some of them to excel others and because they spend out of their property The Jew said, ‘For which thing was it like this?’ So the Prophet said: ‘God Created Adam from clay, and from its remnants and its remainder, created Eve, and the first one to obey a woman was Adam, so God Caused him to descend from the Paradise. And the preference of the man over the women is evident in the world. Have you not seen the women how they menstruate and the worship is not possible for them due to the filth? And the men, nothing from the menstruation hits them’. The Jew said, ‘You have spoken the truth, O Muhammad’. [Ilal al-Shara'i, Page 511]

(باب 286 - العلة التي من أجلها فضل الرجال على النساء) 1 - حدثنا محمد بن علي ماجيلويه عن عمه عن أحمد بن أبي عبد الله عن أبي الحسن البرقي عن عبد الله بن جبلة عن معاوية بن عمار عن الحسن بن عبد الله عن آبائه عن جده الحسن بن علي بن أبي طالب عليهم السلام قال: جاء نفر من اليهود إلى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله فسأله اعلمهم عن مسائل فكان فيما سأله ان قال له: ما فضل الرجال على النساء؟ فقال النبي صلى الله عليه وآله: كفضل السماء على الأرض، وكفضل الماء على الأرض، فالماء يحيى الأرض، وبالرجال تحيى النساء لولا الرجال ما خلقت النساء يقول الله عز وجل: (الرجال قوامون على النساء بما فضل الله بعضهم على بعض وبما انفقوا من أموالهم) قال اليهودي: لأي شئ كان هكذا؟ فقال النبي صلى الله عليه وآله خلق الله تعالى آدم من طين، ومن فضلته وبقيته خلقت حواء، وأول من أطاع النساء آدم، فأنزله الله تعالى من الجنة، وقد بين فضل الرجال على النساء في الدنيا ألا ترى إلى النساء كيف يحضن ولا يمكنهن العبادة من القذارة، والرجال لا يصيبهم شئ من الطمث، قال اليهودي صدقت يا محمد.