ArchivedA Picture Of Paradise - The Quran The unequal treatment of the sexes in Jannah begins in the grave.
From the Law of Islam: The Risala of 'Abdullah ibn Abi Zayd al-Qayrawani -- A Treatise on Maliki Fiqh with commentary from ath-Thamr ad-Dani by al-Azhari source -- http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepage ... age17.html
21.7a. The best arrangement of the bodies If there are both men and women among the dead, the men are placed next to the imam. If there are only men, the best of them is placed next to the imam. If there are women and children as well, they are placed behind the men in the direction of the qibla.
Commentary to 21.7a [What he mentioned of putting women before children is based on the position of Ibn Habib. Its opposite is well-known: it is that free adult men are near the Imam, the best and then next best, and then young free men and then hermaphrodites, then male slaves, then free women, then young girls, then female slaves.]
Allah requires that bodies for burial are to be segregated by sex, age, free, and slave.
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