This audio is brought to you by Muslim Central.com. So one of the most controversial aspects of the creation of Hawa of Eve is what was she created from and there are some very condescending things that are said about Eve and are used by extension to degrade women and to belittle women and to portray women as being inherently

deficient. This all comes from, obviously the story from the Bible which is from Genesis that Eve specifically,

Hawat was specifically created from Adam Ali his Islam's rib.

Okay, so the idea of Eve being created from the rib of Adam, is a biblical story, it's from Genesis, and by extension

it finds its way in our tradition as well.

Now the Prophet Sainesam never said that Eve was specifically created from the rib of Adam any

Islam so what are we what what's our take on this entire thing number one

Allah's upon to I says la kadhalaqnal in sana if he achthani takib that we have created man with the you know in the best creation and

fashion him in the best creation so what that means is both men and women were created without deficiency.

Allah's Pansa also says,

well, Klaqarramna,

we have honored all of the children of Adam,

any his so that's to be established that wherever this discussion goes, that men and women were created

in the same fashion in the sense that they are both created with the same level of completeness,

all right, which is why Allah's panta says,

Inna Kalakknaakum, in the karin,

what Unsa, what J'ilban, shiruban,

what kabaa I'lli al-Rifu.

That we have created you first and foremost from male and female and then may do nations and tribes. So Allah addresses

you know misogynism or sexism as well as racism. In fact he addresses sexism before

racism and at the end of it all in

a kramakum and in the law he at Kakum the most noble of you in the sight of

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