The power of a man to beat his wife: a critical study of the book “Darb al-Mar’ah” of Abdul Hamid Abu Sulayman = سلطة الرجل في ضرب زوجته الناشز:دراسة نقدية لكتاب "ضرب المرأة" لعبد الحميد أبي سليمان

• Main Author: Zakariyah, Habeebullah
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Usuli Faqih Research Centre 2018
• Subjects: HQ The family. Marriage. Woman; KBP173.25 Islamic law and other disciplines or subjects; KBP524 Aḥwāl shakhṣīyah
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/68587/1/68587_The%20power%20of%20a%20man%20to%20beat.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/68587/; https://al-qanatir.com/index.php/qanatir/article/view/5
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

This paper aims at studying the extent to which a man has the right to beat his disobedient wife in Islamic jurisprudence. The word Al-Ḍarb in Arabic language has different literal meanings according to the context in which it is used. In this case, this paper is attempts to study the perspective...