{ For males, a portion equal to that of two females } Al-nisaa 11

What is the wisdom in the Most High making a woman’s allocation half of a man’s allocation? The answer to that has several facets. The first is that a woman’s entitlement is less, since her husband spends on her. A man’s entitlement is greater, since he spends on his wife; and whoever has greater entitlement is in greater need of wealth. Secondly, a man is more complete than a woman in nature, in intellect, and in religious positions such as competency in administering judgments and in leadership. Furthermore the testimony of a woman is half the testimony of a man. Greater favour is to be bestowed on those like this. Third, women have small intellects and large desires, and whenever much wealth is further bestowed on them, corruption heightens.