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Did you read Dr. Jamal Badawi's answer about this? I posted his answer. He said the last sentence asks women to pledge they will support the Prophet in whatever he asks of them. Not using precise wording but I already posted it. That clearly is a catch-all phrase and has nothing to do with purity.

I think the fact that the Prophet allowed women, even those without guardians and some with illegitimate children, to enter his tribe is a show of compassion and respect and forgiveness. In pre islamic times, a woman's pledge meant nothing because women were not respected. [/quote]
We don't know that they had illegitimate children with them.  That's a theory.  Even if they did, presumably all sins were already wiped clear upon conversion so it no longer counted.  And it may have been a show of compassion OR a clever marketing move to expand the ranks of Muslims at the time when it counted, and add a new pool of wives for Muslim men.

We don't know if women were not respected in pre-Islamic times.  We only have the Muslims' word for it.  Clearly, for Khadija things didn't work out so poorly, did they?

[quote=Anonymous]
I know you are seeking that linear equality, the identical wording in the identical circumstance for men and women. This is the only kind of equality that matters to your western mindset. However, as was explained, Islam promotes a different kind of equality, the equality in the value of rights as opposed to identical rights. Islam promotes gender equity. /quote]
Value is a subjective concept.  You may think that the right to financial support is so incredibly valuable that it outweighs the limitation in all other rights.  Someone else may thing - meh, not a big deal, I'd rather work but be my own mistress.  To someone else, the right to divorce at will may be incredibly valuable, and to others it may not be. Value is in the eye of the beholder. 
[quote=Anonymous]
Here, in the case of political involvement or voting, the oath was used frequently by the prophet for a variety of reasons. Every instance was not described in the Quran and the wording was not mentioned for every oath. Why should it be, if it was commonplace?? However, the migration of women without guardians from mecca to medina was a huge deal. It was a new situation and presented a problem. The Prophet needed guidance and thats when Allah/revealed this pledge for women. This doesn't mean men did not have a similar pledge. [b]They may have. [/b]But this was worth mentioning because it was instructions on how to handle a new problem. [/quote]
We don't know that.  That's your theory.  We can only say with certainty what is in the Quran, and that particular thing isn't. [/quote]

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