Clarification On The Hadith Related To Women Being Less Intelligent Than Men
I have gone through the clarification given by Dr. Shahzad on this issue. However, the argument put forward by him is not convincing because of the following reasons: Firstly, in any language if the meaning of a word is different from its established meaning(s), it has to do with its usage as rightly pointed out by Dr. Shahzad. However, having said so, there has to be precedence of the same at least somewhere in the ancient text. 2) In English, the metaphor “Camel is the ship of the desert” doesn’t imply camel to be a ship and its usage has several references in the language, since ancient times. Moreover, its meaning perfectly fits in its context. Similarly, as pointed out, when Allama Iqbal uses a different meaning when خرد is used with جنون, it has to do with the context, as any other meaning would certainly not be applicable. When عقل is paired with دين, why the established meaning, which perfectly fits into the context is not considered and instead the meaning ‘wordly affairs’ is deduced from the same. Does it mean that whenever these two words come together, it means only one meaning “worldly affairs”? Please clarify.