Qur'an, Hadith and Scholars:Wife Beating: Difference between revisions

{{Quote|1=[http://www.tafsir.com/default.asp?sid=38&tid=44786 Ayyub]<BR>Tafsir Ibn Kathir|2=Ayyub, peace be upon him, got angry with his wife and was upset about something she had done, so he swore an oath that if Allah healed him, he would strike her with one hundred blows. When Allah healed him, how could her service, mercy, compassion and kindness be repaid with a beating So Allah showed him a way out, which was to take a bundle of thin grass, with one hundred stems, and hit her with it once. Thus he fulfilled his oath and avoided breaking his vow.}}

{{Quote|1=[http://islam-qa.com/en/ref/49945 His wife does not cover her hands – should he threaten to divorce her?]<BR>Islam Q&A, Fatwa No. 49945|2=Allaah has enjoined woman to be obedient to her husband, and has made men qawwaamoon (protectors and maintainers) of women. They are supposed to direct and look after women as a leader directs and looks after his people, because of the physical and mental characteristics with which Allaah has distinguished them, as well as the financial duties that He has enjoined upon them...<br><br>