An-Nisāʾ

24 passages reference this surah

From 18 books in our audiobook library. Each passage is also spoken aloud in the app.

Book 4: The Book of Prayer

Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din

1. "Women do not do this. Spread your knees apart, and again, women do not do this. During prostration, lie on the ground prostrate and not upright, which women also do not do. The hadith mentions that after saying "Allahu Akbar," say: "Allahu Akbar kabiran, walhamdu lillahi kathiran, wasubhanallahi bukratan wa asila" [Allah is the Greatest,"

   Source in The Book of Prayer →

Al-Kabā'ir — The Major Sins

Imam al-Dhahabī · Timeless Classics

1. "a woman. He then turned to Ibn Amr and said, Indeed, Allah has cursed, through the tongue of his prophet, those women who resemble men and those men who resemble women. Among the actions for which women are cursed is displaying adornment, gold, and pearls beneath the veil,"

   Source in The Major Sins →

2. "reported that the Messenger of Allah peace be upon him said, May Allah curse those women who imitate men and those men who imitate women. In another narration he said, May Allah curse the masculine women, and in yet another, may Allah curse the effeminate men and the"

   Source in The Major Sins →

3. "world and the hereafter. These actions have become prevalent among most women. The prophet peace be upon him said, I looked into hell and saw that the majority of its inhabitants were women. He also said, I have not left behind a trial more harmful to men than women."

   Source in The Major Sins →

Book 12: Book of Marriage

Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din

1. "their cloisters. He said this because they would not desire. The Prophet, peace be upon him, had permitted women to attend the mosque, emphasizing the importance of teaching women appropriately. Nowadays, the correct stance is to prohibit women from going out, except for"

   Source in Etiquette of Marriage →

Volume One: From Tangier to the Lands of the East

Ibn Battuta · Rihla — The Travels of Ibn Battuta

1. "this land. Whenever we stayed in a corner or a house in these lands, both men and women would check on our condition, and the women do not veil themselves. When we left them, they would bid us farewell as if we were their kin, with women weeping at our departure and"

   Source in Volume One →

2. "She is among the finest, most virtuous and generous women. May Allah reward her well. After leaving the feast prepared by that Khatun and as I exited the zawiyah, I was approached at the gate by a woman in shabby clothes with a headscarf, accompanied by several women"

   Source in Volume One →

Volume One

Ibn al-Qayyim · Madārij al-Sālikīn

1. "Indeed, he was unjust and ignorant. [It was] so that اللّٰه may punish the hypocrite men and hypocrite women and the men and women who associate others with Him and that اللّٰه may accept repentance from the believing men and believing women."

   Source in Volume One →

Book 34: Poverty and Asceticism

Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din

1. "He replied, "Asiyah is the leader of the women of her world and Maryam is the leader of the women of her world, and you are the leader of the women of your world. You will reside in homes of pearls, with no harm, noise, or fatigue."

   Source in Poverty & Asceticism →

Al-Ghunya li-Ṭālibī Ṭarīq al-Ḥaqq — Volume One

Shaykh Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani · Timeless Classics

1. "Indeed, Allah is the Lord of men and women, Adam is the father of men and women, and Eve is the mother of men and women. When men go out in the path of Allah and are killed, they are alive with their Lord, receiving"

   Source in Al-Ghunya, Vol. 1 →

Volume 1 — From Creation to Mūsā

Ibn Kathir · Al-Bidāya wal-Nihāya

1. "of the women who cut their hands. Surely my lord is well aware of their scheme. Joseph wanted the truth about the incident with the women to be revealed. When questioned the women confessed to Joseph's commendable"

   Source in From Creation to Mūsā →

2. "past. Lot said, O my people, these are my daughters, i.e. the women of my community. They are purer for you. He advised them to approach their own women, who are their daughters in religious terms, as the prophet is to the community like a father. As mentioned in the"

   Source in From Creation to Mūsā →

Volume 3 — The Sīrah: From the First Revelation to Badr

Ibn Kathir · Al-Bidāya wal-Nihāya

1. "women, 700 of them were wives with dowries, and 300 were concubines. It is said that the opposite is true. 300 were free women, and 700 were concubines. He was indeed capable of enjoying a great deal with women."

   Source in First Revelation to Badr →

Volume 2 — From the Israelite Prophets to Pre-Islamic Arabia

Ibn Kathir · Al-Bidāya wal-Nihāya

1. "and chosen you above the women of the worlds. It is possible that chosen you above the women of the worlds refers specifically to the women of her time, similar to Allah's statement to Moses,"

   Source in Israelite Prophets to Pre-Islamic Arabia →

Abu Bakr al-Siddiq

Ibn Kathir · Timeless Classics

1. "had laid down for his followers that the unmarried man should marry, and when a male child was born to him women became forbidden to him thereafter, unless that male child died, whereupon women became lawful to him again until another male was born to him. This was among the things he devised, may God curse him,"

   Source in Abu Bakr al-Siddiq →

2. ""See that you treat him well." Then, when the two armies stood face to face, Musaylima said to his people: Today is the day of honour's defence. Today, if you are defeated, your women will be taken captive and bedded, married to men who hold them cheap. So fight for your honour, and shield your women!"

   Source in Abu Bakr al-Siddiq →

Book 13: Etiquettes of Earning and Living

Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din

1. "Their preparation for women does not categorize them as permissible jewelry unless specifically intended for women, thus gaining its ruling from that intention. Additionally, it is mentioned that the sale of food and shrouds is disliked, as it anticipates people’s death and need at inflated prices."

   Source in Etiquettes of Earning and Living →

Book 19: The Book of Commanding Good and Forbidding Evil

Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya' 'Ulum al-Din

1. "For example, young men standing at the entrances of women's bathhouses to watch women enter and exit can be reprimanded and prevented from standing there. Their presence is considered a sin in itself, similar to being secluded with a foreign woman, as it often leads to sin."

   Source in The Book of Commanding Good and Forbidding Evil →

The Story of Isa

Ibn Kathir · Stories of the Prophets

1. "him in the family of Imran, This is the truth from your Lord, so do not be among the doubters. If anyone disputes with you concerning him after the knowledge has come to you, say, Come, let us call our sons and your sons, our women and your women, ourselves and yourselves,"

   Source in The Story of Isa →

Volume Two: From India to the Lands of the West

Ibn Battuta · Rihla — The Travels of Ibn Battuta

1. "even as they persist in their prayers. A man can marry from among them, but the women do not travel with their husbands, and if one desires to do so, her family would prevent her. Women there have male friends and companions, just as the men have female companions, and"

   Source in Volume Two →

Book 23: The Book of Breaking the Two Desires

Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya' 'Ulum al-Din

1. "He replied, “But you are able to see him. This indicates that it is not permissible for women to sit with blind men in certain gatherings. It is impermissible for a blind man to be alone with women and for a woman to sit with a blind man and gaze at him without need."

   Source in The Book of Breaking the Two Desires →

2. "The hadith "Beware of the trials of this world and the trials of women, for the first trial of the Israelites was concerning women" is recorded by Muslim from Abu Saeed al-Khudri. Another hadith states, "Every son of Adam has his share of zina; the eyes commit zina."

   Source in The Book of Breaking the Two Desires →

The Story of Ibrahim

Ibn Kathir · Stories of the Prophets

1. "Some scholars believed in the prophethood of three women, Sarah, the mother of Moses, and Mariam, peace be upon them. However, the majority opinion is that they were truthful women, may God be pleased with them. There are narrations that God removed the veil between"

   Source in The Story of Ibrahim →

Book 9: The Mysteries of Supplication

Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din

1. "and forgive the believing men and women, and the Muslim men and women, both the living and the dead. This is narrated by Abu Dawud and Ibn Majah from Abu Asid As-Saidi. A man from Banu Salama asked, "Is there anything of dutifulness to my parents remaining upon me?"

   Source in Invocations & Supplications →