This article, though long, offers a clear analysis of wife-beating, examining the hadith and other early source documents, as well as refuting modern Muslim polemics. 2127)įor a more thorough analysis of this hurtful practice, refer to this article, which has many links to modern discussions of this policy (scroll down to the end). "He struck me on the chest which caused me pain." (Muslim no. 1, below), daughter of Abu Bakr, his right-hand Companion: This hadith shows Muhammad hitting his girl-bride, Aisha (see rule no. Look! Her skin is greener than her clothes!" (Bukhari, emphasis added) It was the habit of ladies to support each other, so when Allah's Apostle came, 'Aisha said, "I have not seen any woman suffering as much as the believing women.
'Aisha said that the lady (came), wearing a green veil (and complained to her (Aisha) of her husband and showed her a green spot on her skin caused by beating). Rifa'a divorced his wife whereupon 'AbdurRahman bin Az-Zubair Al-Qurazi married her. The hadith says that Muslim women in the time of Muhammad were suffering from domestic violence in the context of confusing marriage laws:īukhari reports this incident about the wives in the early Muslim community in the context of marital confusion and an odd remarriage law: This verse embodies a gigantic cultural and social step backwards and should be rejected by all fair-minded and reasonable people. This puts the interpretation of the wives’ behavior squarely in the husbands’ judgment, and this swings the door to abuse wide open. Plainly said, Sura 4:34 specifies that husbands may beat their unruly wives if the husbands "fear" highhandedness, quite apart from whether the wives are actually being highhanded. Written in the historical context of the Battle of Uhud (March 625), in which Islam lost 70 holy warriors, this verse belongs to a larger collection of verses that outlines laws for the family, such as how to divide the inheritance and to how to oversee the assets of orphans (vv.
If they obey you, you have no right to act against them. If you fear high-handedness from your wives, remind them, then ignore them when you go to bed, then hit them. Righteous wives are devout and guard what God would have them guard in the husbands’ absence. Muhammad in his Quran permits husbands to beat their wives.Ĥ:34 Husbands should take full care of their wives, with God has given to some more than others and with what they spend out of their own money.
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