Women Have No Place in the Islamic Heaven (Jannah)

Women Have No Place in the Islamic Heaven (Jannah)

By Dr. Maxwell Shimba — Shimba Theological Institute

Prophet Muhammad, in Sahih al-Bukhari Book 2:541, says:

“I have not seen anyone more deficient in intelligence and religion than a woman.”

Again in Sahih al-Bukhari Book 7:33, Muhammad states:

“I have not left behind me any affliction more harmful to men than women.”

And in Sahih al-Bukhari Book 7, Chapter 88:124, he says:

“I stood at the gate of Hell, and I saw that the majority of those who entered it were women.”

The Qur’an even permits men to beat their wives.
Qur’an 4:34 — Surah An-Nisa.

Qur’an 3:14 speaks of women as objects of desire, listed together with gold, silver, horses, livestock, and farmland.

In Surah al-Baqarah 2:223, Allah tells Muslim men:

“Your wives are your fields of cultivation. Go to your fields however you wish.”

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What the Bible Teaches About Women

The Bible uplifts women with honor:

• “He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the LORD.” (Proverbs 18:22)

• Women are allowed to preach and minister (1 Corinthians 11:1–5).

• Jesus commissioned a woman—Mary Magdalene—as the first witness of His resurrection (John 20:16–18).

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The Contradiction of Islamic Punishment for Adultery

The punishment for adultery in Islam has two conflicting laws:

1. Qur’anic Law

Surah An-Nur 24:2 commands:

“Flog both the male and the female adulterer with 100 lashes, in the presence of the believers.”

The Qur’an gives the same punishment for:

• married adulterers

• unmarried adulterers

But:

2. Hadith Law (Muhammad’s Law)

The Hadith—Sahih al-Bukhari Book 8, No. 805—teaches stoning to death for adulterers.

Most Qur’an translations avoid the word “stoning” because it is not found anywhere in the Arabic Qur’an, the original language. It only appears in Hadith.

So which is stronger?
Allah’s law in the Qur’an?
Or Muhammad’s law in the Hadith?

Why did Muhammad’s law override Allah’s law?
Why did the 100-lashes punishment get replaced by stoning?

These contradictions expose a system that punishes women far more severely.

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Islam Allows Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)

While many nations fight against FGM, Islamic nations continue the practice.

According to Muhammad in:

• Sunan Abu Dawud Book 41, Hadith 5251

• Ahmad ibn Hanbal 5:75

• Abu Dawud Adab 167

Circumcision of women is described as an “honor.”

In July 2014, the newly formed Islamic State in Iraq ordered that all women aged 11 to 46 must be circumcised according to Islamic Sharia.
To this day, the Islamic State has never denied or reversed this order, nor has any major Islamic authority condemned it.

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The Islamic Heaven (Jannah)

The Islamic idea of paradise stands in complete contrast to the Christian Heaven.

Surah Al-Waqi’ah 56:10–40 describes Jannah as a place where:

• Muslim men drink wine

• enjoy fruits like bananas

• eat birds

• and receive virgins with special physical features

Nothing in these verses explains what Muslim women will enjoy in paradise.

Surah Az-Zukhruf 43:70 says that men will enter paradise with their wives.
So what happens to:

• Muslim women who were never married?

• Married Muslim women whose husbands receive heavenly virgins?

• Women who lost their husbands?

• Widows?

• Divorced women?

And another disturbing contradiction:

Surah Maryam 19:71–72 says that every Muslim, including Muhammad, must pass through Hell.

So how can Muslims go to Jannah with their wives, when Allah has already decreed that all of them—including Muhammad—must first enter Hell?

The Hadith adds even more confusion.
Riyadh as-Salihin No. 1859 says that one of the rivers of paradise flows out of Muhammad’s house—yet Islamic theology teaches that Allah has no likeness or partner (Surah 112:4).

In contrast:

The Bible teaches that Heaven is for both men and women equally.

• Matthew 22:30

• John 14:1–3

• 1 Thessalonians 4

The Christian Heaven is holy, eternal, and centered on God’s presence—not sensual reward.

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My Questions to You

1. Why did Allah permit female genital mutilation?

2. Where did the stoning punishment really come from—Allah or Muhammad?

3. Is Muhammad’s law stronger than Allah’s law?

4. Why was the 100-lashes law cancelled by Hadith?

5. Will unmarried Muslim women in paradise receive 72 husbands the way Muslim men receive 72 virgins?

Reflect.

Question everything.

Take action.

And finally…

Come to Jesus.

He loves women.
He honors them.
He saves them.
And He offers eternal life—not based on gender, but on grace.

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