Indeed, many women have come to the family of Muhammad complaining about their husbands. T…

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Hadith narrated by Narrated by Abu Dāwūd and Ibn Mājah

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Hadith text: Indeed, many women have come to the family of Muhammad…

Explanation of the hadith: Indeed, many women have come to the family of Muhammad…

Lessons: Indeed, many women have come to the family of Muhammad…

• A clarification of the virtue of treating women kindly, and that being patient with them and overlooking their faults is better than beating them.
• Allah Almighty made beating the last step in addressing a wife's disobedience, as He said: {As for those women on whose part you fear rebellion, [first] admonish them, [next] forsake them in bed, and [last] hit them. Then if they obey you, do not take further action against them. Indeed, Allah is Most High, All-Great.} [Surat an-Nisā’: 34] These three steps are to be followed in order, not to be applied all at once. One must begin with advice, admonition, and reminders. If that proves effective, then praise be to Allah. If it does not help, then comes separation in bed. And if that still does not result in change, only then may one resort to beating, as a form of discipline, not out of revenge.
• A man is a caretaker for his household, and he is responsible for raising and disciplining his family with wisdom and good counsel.
• It is permissible to question or review a scholar regarding his Fatwa (legal opinion), to understand its consequences and outcomes.
• It is permissible to lodge a complaint with the ruler or a scholar if the complainant suffered harm.

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