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One of the group of people who will be in the shade of Allah's Arasy during Qiyamah is men who says no for the sake of Allah to a woman who invites them to adultery. Does this apply to women as well? I heard maybe not because women are easier to control their desires than men? Is this true?
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Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds; and may His blessings and peace be upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon all his Family and Companions. The reward that is mentioned in the Hadith, for the one who refuses the invitation of a woman of noble birth for having illicit intercourse with her, saying: "I fear Allah", is the same as the woman when a handsome man of noble birth calls her for illicit intercourse, and she refuses only due to the fear of Allah while she has no hindrance for approving his call, she gets the same reward. Ibn Hajar said in "Fath al-Bari": The Hadith (Allah will give shade to seven…) is not peculiar to men rather it addresses both men and women. But if "just ruler" refers to the ruler of a government then it does not cover women. If the words do not imply the ruler of a government then the words cover women too; for example, if a woman has many children and she deals justly with them she will deserve the same reward. Another quality that is mentioned in the Hadith A man whose heart is attached to the mosque does not apply to women since it is better for women to perform their prayers in their houses. The other qualities are common for men and women . Allah knows best.
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