What is the meaning of the Prophet ordering that women should give alms in the Hadith where he saw most of the occupants of Hell-fire were women?
Answer
Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds; and blessings and peace be upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon all his Family and Companions.
Once Allah's Apostle went out to the Musalla (to offer the prayer) 'Id-al-Adha or Al-Fitr prayer. Then he passed by the women and said, "O women! Give alms, as I have seen that the majority of the dwellers of Hell-fire were you (women)." They asked, "Why is it so, O Allah's Apostle?" He replied, "You curse frequently and are ungrateful to your husbands. I have not seen anyone more deficient in intelligence and religion than you. A cautious sensible man could be led astray by some of you." The women asked, "O Allah's Apostle! What is deficient in our intelligence and religion?" He said, "Is not the evidence of two women equal to the witness of one man?" They replied in the affirmative. He said, "This is the deficiency in her intelligence. Isn't it true that a woman can neither pray nor fast during her menses?" The women replied in the affirmative. He said, "This is the deficiency in her religion."
So, when the Prophet saw that women outnumbered men in Hell, he told them the reason for this and advised them of how to avoid being thrown in Hell-Fire.
The Prophet also said: "A person who calls people towards doing good deeds will get the same reward as those who follow him and do good, and nothing will be diminished from the requital of the latter. Similarly those, who call the people towards vice will have the same punishment as those who follow them without any diminution in the punishment of the perpetrators"(Muslim).
As for the way of safety, Allah describes it as: "Verily, the good deeds remove the evil deeds (i.e. small (sins)." [11:114].
So, Allah ordered women to spend on good to expiate for all the bad that they do.
In another narration of the same Hadith the Prophet added: "And repent to Allah".
This Hadith is yet another evidence that the Prophet cares very much about his Ummah; he has not left any form of good without directing us to it and he has not left any form of bad without clarifying it to us and warned us of it.
Allah knows best. -islamweb.net
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