Salam alkoum,

first, when I learnet about the reason why one woman's testimony is not enough, I was astonished.
Secondly, i will tell the scientific reason why two woman' testimony is equal to one man testimony. I heared the explanation in Arabic from a great scholar "ZINDANI". And because I am a literay student I will try to explain to you through my own modest way.

Well, AS WE KNOW THAT OUR BRAINS IS DIVIDED INTO TWO HALVES. EACH PART HAS A FUNCTION. FOR WOMEN, BOTH THE TWO HEMISPHERES OR PARTS ARE RESPONSIBLE OF THE WOMAN'S SPEECH AS WELL AS MEMORY. ON THE OTHER HAND, MAN BRAIN IS DIVIDED TO TWO HALVES. ONE HEMISPHERE IS RESPONSIBLE OF SPEECH ALONE, AND THE OTHER HEMISPHERE IS RESPONSIBLE OF MEMORY ALONE. THATS IS TO SAY, WHEN A WOMAN TALKS, THE TWO PARTS OF HER BRAIN ARE FUNCTIONING AT THE SAME TIME, AND WHEN SHE REMEBERS SOMETING, THE TWO PARTS ARE FUNCTIONING. SO, WHEN A WOMAN IS ASKED BY A JUDGE IN A COURT, OR ASKED BY ANYONE ELSE TO TELL AND REMEMBER WHAT HAPPNED AT THE SAME TIME, THE TWO HEMISPHERES OF HER BRAIN ARE FUNCTIONING AT THE SAME TIME, AND SO THE ACT OF TELLING THE STORY MAY DISTRACT HER ATTENTION TO REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED EXACTLY. IN THIS CASE, IT IS BETTER TO HAVE TWO WOMEN RATHER THAN ONE. ONE WOMAN TELLS THE STORY AND RECOUNT WHAT SHE WITNESSES AND OTHER WOMAN (WHO IS A WITNESS OF THE SAME INCIDENT) LISTENS TO THE SPEECH AND USES HER MEMORY AND REMIND THE OTHER OF WHAT HAPPENS EXACTLY.

IN THIS IS MENTIONED IN THW QURAN, THAT IF ONE WOAMN FORGETS OR MISSES SOMTHING, THE SECOND WOMAN REMINDS HER. ON THE CONTRARY, WHEN A MAN RECOUNTS AND TELLS THE TRUTH, EACH HALVE OF HIS BRAIN FUNCTIONS PROPERLY, BECAUSE EACH PART OF HIS BRAIN FUNCTIONS SEPERATELY.

THE FACT THAT THE TWO HEMISPHERES OF WOMAN'S BRAIN ARE BOTH RESPONSIBLE OF SPEECH DENOTES WHY WOMAN ARE MORE TALKATIVE THN MEN.

BESIDES, WHAT IS STATED ABOVE, THE WOMEN ARE MORE EMOTIONAL THAN MEN. A WOMAN MAY HIDES SOME THINGS BECAUSE SHE MAY FEEL PITY FOR SOMEONE, WHILE MAN IS MORE RATIONAL AND HE IS NOT VERY IMPRESSED BY EMOTIONS.

I KNOW I HAVE A BAD ENGLISH, BUT I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND THIS AND TELL IT IN YOPUR OWN WAY AND IN YOUR PERFECT ENGLSIH. IM AFTER ALL ARABIC AND MY ENGLISH IS NOT LIKE ENGLISH PEOPLE OR THE ARABS WHO LIVE ABROAD.

AL HAMDOLILAH ALLDI HADANA LI HADA WA MAKOUNA LI NAHTADI LAWELA AN HADANA ALLAH.
THANKS TO GOD WHO HAS GUIDED US TO THE RIGHT PATH.
SALAM ALAYKOM.

There probably is some truth to this posting. Women do tend to to make more decisions based on their emotions than men do. Thanks for the post.

You know it's really hard to read caps lock.

but do u understand my sister AlMuminah?

Jazakallah khair bro Ansar and bro Khaldun for your articles, especially the one by Dr. Zakir Naik...:wub:

So, men and women's roles in Islam are prescribed.

Due to those roles, women's memories cannot be trusted.

Is that the correct explanation?

Yes.
No and no. Both parts of the statement and blatantly false. Nothing changes due to those roles, those roles only reflect the natural inherent physical and pyshcological differences in men and women.

And Islam never ever states that women's memories cannot be trusted, otherwise why is Aisha rd one of the MOST prolific narrators of Ahâdith, having narrated 2210? Rather there are somethings that women remember better than men and there are other things that men can remember better than women and there are some things that they can do equally.
http://www.load-islam.com/artical_de...bsection=Women

Do yourself a favor and read the article properly. The differences in memory retention are from inherent psychological differences in the sexes and not prescribed role.

the simple answer as i know that may one of the two women forget some thing then the other can remind here.there is aya in quraan shows that but really i can't remember for now i'll search for it insha allah
also women usually think with here emotions, she is more passionate so it musn't rule . that's all i know wallahu aalm.

I am just curious because I am a female medical student, along with 50 other females in my class of 100. We are often required to remember complex calculations that involve advanced mathematics. This type of math is very similar to math involved in financial transactions. We also are required to recall these calculations on our own, without the help of anyone reminding us. It is also very important that these calculations be recalled in highly emotional times (ie when someone is close to death).

Would you recommend that women not go into medicine based on the idea that by nature women cannot remember certain things as well as men?

Would send yourself (your wife) to a female doctor? Would you trust the doctor to make these calculations properly when your life is on the line? Then how could you not trust a women's testimony in a financial matter, and say that women cannot remember certain things as well?

As a woman I tell you women's memories cannot be trusted. That doesn't mean islam is degrading us. It's just the awareness in islam of a woman's emotional/hormonal state and the consequences. Why do you think women make shopping lists eh!?

Okay Muslim Sis, if you don't mind my asking is your physician a male or a female?

Would you ever consider going to a female physician?

Please keep in mind that the field of medicine requires a tremendous amount of memorization, in a lot of different areas, including mathematics and spatial relationships.

Ha! My GP is female and she doesn't need a good memory. That's why we have medical records.

Ha trust me there is no way she got through medical school without a good memory.

lol islam doesn't say women don't have a memory at all. So of course she had a good memory and probably a good bit of revision too!

Women generally do have a bad memory though..that's why contraceptive pills are marked with days of the week. And it's not muslim companies who manufacture them.

In case of Lian, woman's witness is equal to a man.

Has anyone considered that two women witnesses are so that men may believe them and not necesarily that there is something wrong with women?

Also has there been a study of female witnesses in western courts?