Understanding Islam — Page 134
ARE WOMEN VIOLENTLY OPPRESSED IN ISLAM? 132 There is no one who has three daughters, or three sisters, and he treats them well, except that he enters paradise. 9 I will enter the Garden with someone who brings up two daughters until they come of age, and we will be like these two (and he indicated this with his index finger and middle finger joined together). 10 Prophet Muhammad sa also highly praised equal treatment of daughters as illustrated by this narration: A woman entered upon ‘ Ā 'ishah ra with her two daughters, and she gave her three dates. (The woman) gave each of her daughters a date, then she split the last one between them. She (‘ Ā 'ishah ra ) said, “Then Prophet Muhammad sa came and I told him about that”. He said, “Why are you surprised? She will enter Paradise because of that”. 11 Prophet Muhammad sa also encouraged his followers to spend on family as he said: There are four dinars: a dinar which you give to a poor person, a dinar you give to free a slave, a dinar you spend