Gender Equality
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Why are two women witnesses considered equivalent to one man in Islam?
The Qur'anic verse about two female witnesses (2:282) applies specifically to financial transactions, not to all testimony. The purpose is to help one woman remind the other if she makes an error — a practical safeguard, not a statement of inferiority. In other areas of Islamic law, a woman's testimony is equal to a man's, and in some matters (like those pertaining to women's issues), her testimony alone is accepted where a man's is not.
Under Islamic law, why does a woman get half the inheritance of a man?
The Islamic inheritance system is often misrepresented. While a daughter does receive half the share of a son in certain cases, this is because the male heir bears the financial obligation to support his family, while the female retains her share entirely for herself. When the complete system is considered — including mahr, maintenance, and the absence of financial obligations on women — a woman often ends up with more disposable wealth than a man.