Re: Female Prophets
The position of female prophets in Islam is that there is no evidence for their existence, neither have they been negated, except through scholarly discourse. However, we do believe some women on multiple occasions have been honoured by the visitation of angels, and among the high ranking angels including Sayyiduna Jibreel (AS).
Perhaps the reason why female prophets did not come was because it is suggested in the Qur’an that people were sent to people … Not angels to deliver the message … So it appears that it is the Sunnah of revelation to send a messenger who is considered equal by the society they come to … So for all the male prophets we know about we can conclude they were male because they were sent to patriarchal societies … So male prophets would dealing with male tribes leaders, also we see that Sayyiduna Salih and Hud were sent as messengers to their own tribes i.e. They were giants to us, but equals to their own … Today women are considered equals to men … But in previous societies, when we learn about them, they were patriarchal …
Presumably if there was such a social structure known famously as the Amazonians, where the women were the warriors and their societies were matriarchal then to such people it would make sense that a woman prophet be sent … So it less to do with the gender of the prophet, but more to do with the society they were being sent to that dictated the gender of the messenger.
And Allah (SWT) Knows Best
So what you’re saying is that god reinforces societal norms, even if they’re wrong? So if a prophet came in this day and age, it could be a she and she would consider men and women as equal?