Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Reason for unequal witnesses in Islamic law

“One of my friends asked me about the use of witness law in Islam. For example, in Islam it is said that one man's witness is equal to two women's witnesses. What is the reason behind this?”Asked by Delhi

He answers at 1:14:25 in Age of Alternatives · 4 min 12 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:14:25
Maulana, agla sawal delhi se kiya hai? likhne wale ne apna naam nahi diya hai, aur sawal hai: "one of my friend asked me about the use of witness law in islam. for example, in islam it is said that one witness of man is equal to two witnesses of women." Maulana, what is the reason behind this? dekhein, is par maine likha hai, yeh ek is par research hui hai, aur research chapi thi america ke magazine jo time hai, us mein. is ko maine naqal kiya tha. to research yeh hui hai ke mind ka mind, aurat ka mind jo hai, bilkul do, yani yani yani takhleeq ke aitbar se different hota hai.
1:15:20
bilkul ke banawat hi is ki different hoti hai. aur is ka ek khas baat yeh hai ke mind ka mind jo hai, focused mind, thinking mind, insan ke pas focused thinking hoti hai. ek cheez pe focus karna, aur auraton ke mind mein mein focused thinking nahi hoti, un ki scattered rehti hai. un ki thinking scattered rehti hai, yani ek ek sath kai cheezon ko le ke sochte hain. yeh ghar mein hai to kahin bachcha ro raha hai, koi kaam, kahin pani nal se gir raha hai, kahin gas jal rahi hai, doodh jal ubal raha hai.
1:15:55
yeh bohat se masail hain, in ko woh ek sath apne mind mein la sakti hai, lekin mard nahi aisa kar sakta. mard ke andar focused thinking hoti hai. to ab ab ab witness ke mamle ko dekhen, ek waqea hua, us ko ek aurat bhi dekh rahi hai, mard bhi dekh raha hai. to mard jo hai, us ko focused way mein dekhega, wahi uska dhyan laga rahega. Aurat ko dhyan focused way mein dekhega, uska dhyan chala kabhi ladke ki taraf, kabhi apne bachche ki taraf, kabhi kisi aur cheez ki taraf. to wo focused way mein aurat nahi dekh payegi. Is liye aisa kiya gaya ke jab do aurtein hongi to do mil kar compensation compensation ho jayega.
1:16:42
ek mard kafi hai, is liye ke wo focused way mein dekhta hai. Ek aurat kafi nahi to ek focused way mein by nature nahi dekh sakti. To ye Allah taala ne do qism ke insan banaye hain, wo unki bhi zarurat hai, unki bhi zarurat hai. aisa nahi ke koi afzal hai aur ghair afzal hai. Yani aisa is duniya mein kaam karne ke liye focused mind bhi zaruri hai, aur wo mind bhi zaruri hai jo kai sachon ko dhyan mein rakh sake. to main apna kai kai bar ka mera tajurba hai ke main maslan apne kamre mein baitha hoon, apne office mein, ab wahan meri biwi hain ya apa wahan hain, to wo ghanti baji bahar, jo door khol hua hai, har us mein us ki ghanti ek hai. Koi aata hai to baj
1:17:43
ata hai us ko, to main nahi sunta, aur apa sun leti hain, meri biwi sun leti thi. To kyunke unka mind dono taraf chalta tha, idhar bhi, idhar bhi, mera mind focus hota tha, to main sunte hi nahi, sunte hi nahi tha. to ye yani natural banawat ki wajah se ye ye hai, is mein koi ye nahi ke wo inferior hai aur wo superior hai. Is mein inferiority aur superiority ki baat nahi hai, balke nature ka jo law hai, us ko follow karne ki baat hai. Maulana, hamein yaad aa raha hai, aap ne jo lafz istemal kiya tha, aap ne kaha tha ke women mein multitasking qualities hoti hain jo men mein nahi hoti. haan, ye sahi kaha aap ne, ji sahi hai. Yani wo multi focused hain, wo single focused hain, ji aurtein multi focused hain, mard sing
1:18:37
le focused hain. To dono ki zarurat hai apne apne apne aitbar se. Ji Maulana, agla sawal Delhi se kiya hai Maulana Maulana Farhad Umri ne, aur unhone likha hai ke Maulana, what is fitna that is mentioned in many hadith?
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