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[quote]The Koran gives a direct and explicit statement on beating wives and according to the Islahi/Ghamidi school it is there to curb the wife beating practice by mentioning it as a last resort. The curbing of wife beating is not like the ban on drinking and gambling also well entrenched practices of the Arabian society, or even like the gradual removal of institutions like slavery. To understand this beating scholars of the past advanced theories. Nushuz and beating with miswak, or like spanking a child. Khaled Abou Fadel calls this 'kinky'. The following appeared in the latest Renaissance. http://www.renaissance.com.pk/FamilyIssuJu07.htm He should remember that this physical chastisement is similar to the one a mother gives to a rebellious son or the one a teacher gives to an unruly student. He must be aware that in case he misuses this authority in any way, he would be held responsible before the Almighty on the Day of Judgement. In this world also, his wife has the right to report his behavior to the authorities who can punish him for any misconduct in this regard. ****************** I have always found this explanation, well never mind. 1) Wife is not a child/ward. 2) Who are "the authorities", in most cases parents, mother in laws, and frankly they are useless in many cases. (I just saw the movie Provoked). If one merely relegates justice to God, then we wash hands off our responsibility. For me I don't understand this verse. And as such I'll put a moratorium on this part. Just as we don't understand material on God's attributes, throne etc and for which a huge span of time was employed by Asharites and Mutazilah. I like what Ali Eteraz writes on this issue: http://eteraz.org/tag/quranproject By reading the commentary in the Asad Quran, the reasonable Muslim will become convinced that beating is not a good idea. Meanwhile, The Saudi Noble Quran, which has no commentary, leaves the average reader with the impression that beating is OK. Here is the commentary at the bottom of the page from the Asad Quran: Fn.4 It is evident from many authentic Traditions that the Prophet himself intensely detested the idea of beating one's wife, and said on more than one occasion, "Could any of you beat his wife as he would beat a slave, and then lie with her in the evening?" (Bukhari and Muslim). According to another Tradition, he forbade the beating of any woman with the words, "Never beat God's handmaidens" (Abu Da'ud, Nasa'i, Ibn Majah, Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Ibn Hibban and Hakim, on the authority of Iyas ibn 'Abd Allah; Ibn Hibban, on the authority of 'Abd Allah ibn 'Abbas; and Bayhaqi, on the authority of Umm Kulthum). When the above Qur'an-verse authorizing the beating of a refractory wife was revealed, the Prophet is reported to have said: "I wanted one thing, but God has willed another thing - and what God has willed must be best" (see Manar V, 74). With all this, he stipulated in his sermon on the occasion of the Farewell Pilgrimage, shortly before his death, that beating should be resorted to only if the wife "has become guilty, in an obvious manner, of immoral conduct", and that it should be done "in such a way as not to cause pain (ghayr mubarrih)"; authentic Traditions to this effect are found in Muslim, Tirmidhi, Abu Da'ud, Nasa'i and Ibn Majah. On the basis of these Traditions, all the authorities stress that this "beating", if resorted to at all, should be more or less symbolic - "with a toothbrush, or some such thing" (Tabari, quoting the views of scholars of the earliest times), or even "with a folded handkerchief" (Razi); [b]and some of the greatest Muslim scholars ( e.g., Ash-Shafi'i) are of the opinion that it is just BARELY permissible,[/b] and should preferably be avoided: and they justify this opinion by the Prophet's personal feelings with regard to this problem. The average Muslim believes in two sources of Islam, the Quran, and the Sunnah, the practice of Muhammad. Both are of equivalent weight in Islam because the Quran asks us to affirm the Sunnah. [b]The Asad Quran, in the first sentence of its commentary, makes it very clear that beating a woman is "detested" by the Sunnah.[/b] Most Muslims are very unlikely to do anything that would offend the Prophet's sensibilities. The Asad Quran speaks up. The Noble Quran stays silent. Finally, Asad's commentary quotes the Prophet's sermon where the Prophet states that beating should be allowed only when a woman has become guilty in an obvious manner. Jurists have historically taken this to mean that only an Islamic court of law can determine cases of adultery. Thus, Asad's Quran also points out the role of the state, while The Noble Quran makes no mention of this fact. * There is a recent Quranic translation, by Laleh Bakhtiar, in which the Arabic verb translated as "beat" by Asad and others, is translated as "to go away." However, Ms. Bakhtiar's translation is not even out yet. Furthermore, being a "feminist" Quran, it is not likely that many conservative institutions, which is what we are targetting, would embrace it. Personally, I do find Bakhtiar's translation of the term compelling. Until this translation comes out and becomes more accepted, please, abide by the Prophet's Sunnah. Also, people should realize that a person who already thinks that beating a wife is against the Prophet Muhammad's Sunnah, is more likely to accept Bakhtiar's argument that the word does not mean beating at all. **************************** BOTTOM LINE: Asif Iftikhar critiqued me strongly on one of my articles as follows: [red]I don’t know what is so funny about a person who wears a beard and a certain length too, understanding it to be the requirement of religion. To many, it is more than shari‘ah. It is a symbol of their love for the Prophet (sws). [/red] The point I am making here is that just as men will go the distance and keep beards for love of their Prophet no matter what the world thinks of them, I think the same standard should apply in the case of wife beating, for love of the Prophet, they should not resort to beating no matter what. We really should stop providing justifications like 'just like beating a child'. Edited by: junaidj on Thursday, June 14, 2007 4:46 AM[/quote]
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