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I have in my files a discussion which took place between two scholars on this subject recently. I shall search out and copy it for your reading asap.Insha Allah.[/blue][/font=Arial][/size=1][/quote]

The Milli Gazette <edit@milligazette.com> wrote:
Assalamu 'alaikum.

[b][font=Arial][size=2][hl]"Daraba" in Arabic means only to hit and strike.

When used alone as in the Quranic verse in question(like "Darabtuhu"/ "Udrubuhunna"], it has only this meaning.

However, if used with "ard" [land] it means "to travel" as in the Quran in various places (e.g.,2:273, 4:101, 5:106].

As a stand-alone verb it never means to travel or to abandon.

The explanation below is a fabrication by the so-called "Islamic scholar".

To be double sure, I have just checked the most authoritative Arabic
dictionary, Lisan Al-'Arab, and it does not offer any such meaning for "daraba" used in the verse which, in any case, is qualified to "mild beating". There are many powers one enjoys but he never uses them and there is no question that now when women are educated and self-dependent, this would be required or even tolerated by women. They may even write down in their marriage contracts that their husbands will not use such powers against them like the talaq or polygamy provisions which a woman
can restrict. In case of talaq, she can even take this right in her own hands or make it conditional in whatever way she likes.
    
Zafarul-Islam Khan
Alumnus Al-Azhar Uni., Cairo, & PhD, Islamic Studies, Manchester Uni.
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