He then proceeded his journey to where the Imam was living...
He then proceeded his journey to where the Imam was living and presented all of the cash and gifts to the Imam, after giving the things, the Imam (a.s.) said to him: From amongst the 30,000 dinar and 50,000 dirham and the pieces of cloth that you have brought me, there is only one dirham and one piece of cloth which belongs to that faithful lady named Shatitah which I accept.
You may return everything else back to its owners![^6] This historical event also clearly shows us that the value of a person is not based on whether they are male or female; in fact we see that sometimes, women end up with an even greater status than men!
Mental And Cultural Similarities And Differences In this section as well, there are no differences between men and women – meaning that the ways which one can attain knowledge are open to both genders equally - just as the famous Prophetic sentence states: طَلَبُ الْعِلْمِ فَرِيضَةٌ عَلى كُلِّ مُسْلِمٍ وَ مُسْلِمَةٍ Seeking knowledge is compulsory upon every Muslim man and Muslim woman. [^7] This sentence proves our statement (even if the word المسلمة – female…
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