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[quote][i]Bismillah[/i] [blue][i]"Either retain them in kindness or release them in kindness. Do not retain them in order to hurt them..."[/blue][/i] Quran: 2:231 Assalamualaikum, "Re: Can we discover new meaning in the words used in the Qur'an" Can we contradict the above Quran verse (2:231)? Why choose only this verse 4:34 to mean "beat" for daraba and not all the rest? Daraba has many meanings. Allah Almighty also used the word "darabtum", which is derived from the word "daraba" in Noble Verse 4:94, which mean to "go abroad" in the sake of Allah Almighty: "O ye who believe! When ye [b]go abroad [/b] [b](darabtum) [/b] In the cause of Allah, Investigate carefully, And say not to anyone who offers you a salutation: 'Thou art none of a Believer!' Coveting the perishable good Of this life: with Allah Are profits and spoils abundant. Even thus were ye yourselves Before, till Allah conferred On you His favours: therefore Carefully investigate. For Allah is well aware Of all that ye do. (The Noble Quran, 4:94)" So "daraba" here can literally means to "go abroad", or "give" but not in the sense to give something by hand, but rather to give or provide an example. In this case is it right to change the meaning of Daraba here and bring out a new meaning of 'beat'? How about all the other verses? In fact could it not be that men have abused this verse and changed the meaning to mean only "beat" in relation to women in 4:34 in order to subjugate women? As it was never the practice of the Prophet to beat his wives or other women. He never commanded men to beat, tap, humiliate or abuse their wives. In fact he is reported to have clearly said NOT to beat women. This hadith clearly contradicts beating: "How does anyone of you beat his wife as he beats the stallion camel and then embrace (sleep with) her? ”Al-Bukhari, English Translation, vol. 8, Hadith 68, pp. 42-43. Other traditions in Abu Da'ud, Nasa'i, Ibn Majah, Ahmad bin Hanbal and others, to the effect that he forbade the beating of any woman, saying: [b]"Never beat God's handmaidens" [/b] and said "Some (women) visited my family complaining about their husbands (beating them). These (husbands) are not the best of you." Allah swt also never commanded men to beat their women. On the contarary, Allah swt says those men who abuse their wives, [b]such men have wronged their souls.[/b] "When ye divorce women, and they fulfil the term of their ('Iddat), either take them back on equitable terms or set them free on equitable terms; [b]but do not take them back to injure them,[/b] (or) to take undue advantage; [b]if any one does that he has wronged his own soul[/b]. Do not treat Allah's Signs as a jest, but solemnly rehearse Allah's favours on you, and the fact that He sent down to you the Book and Wisdom, for your instruction. And fear Allah, and know that Allah is well acquainted with all things. (2:231) The Quran is clear on this issue. Wife beating or abuse is not permitted in Islam. ________________________________________ See also articles: [url="http://www.penkatali.org/wife.html"]Wife-Beating is Not Allowed in Islam[/url] [url="http://www.countercurrents.org/engineer-140104.htm"]Islam & Sexual Equality[/url] By Asghar Ali Engineer.[/quote]
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