The Attribution of the Phrase 'Indeed, Their Plot is Great to Allah, the Exalted'

Question
What is the ruling on attributing the saying: {Indeed, Their Plot is Great} to the Lord of the Worlds, and the claim that our Prophet Muhammad - peace be upon him - described women as being created from a crooked rib for the purpose of humiliation and inferiority?
Answer
I say, and with God's success: There is no insult or belittlement of women in this; rather, it is a description of their condition. The Prophet, in the hadith, mentioned the existence of traits in women that do not please their husbands and cannot be corrected, and the husband must be patient with them in this regard; because these traits are suitable for their role in raising children and fulfilling their responsibilities. Although they may be seen as shortcomings in the eyes of men, they are actually the essence of a woman's role. Al-Yahsubi said in "The Completeness of the Teacher" (Sharh Sahih Muslim 4: 351): "It encourages kindness towards them, to be accommodating with them, and not to criticize them for their morals and the deviation of their natures." In the meaning of the verse, Al-Nasafi mentioned (2: 106): "Because they are more subtle in their cunning and greater in their schemes, and thus they overpower men." Some scholars said: "I fear women more than I fear the devil; because God Almighty said, 'Indeed, the plot of the devil is weak,' and He said to them, 'Indeed, your plot is great.'" There is no belittlement of them in this, and God knows best.
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