Hadith

Sahih al-Bukhari 4425

Grade: Sahih (by the great majority of classical critics, including al-Bukhari) (Al-Bukhari and the majority of classical critics; sole transmitter Abu Bakra)

"A people who entrust their affairs to a woman will not succeed" — reported as Muhammad's response on learning that the Sasanians had placed a daughter of Khosrow (Buran) on the throne.

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Research Paper
Women in Mainstream Islam: Protection, Restriction, and the Historical Development of Religious Practice
A historical-critical review testing whether practices commonly described as Islamic requirements for women — segregation, face-veiling, travel guardianship, exclusion from mosques and public office — rest on the Qur'an itself or on later hadith, jurisprudence, dynastic custom, and regional practice.

Sahih al-Bukhari 4425

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Women in Mainstream Islam: Protection, Restriction, and the Historical Development of Religious Practice