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Abuse in marriage

7 segments in 5 recordings · 2018 to 2020 · 0 verified · 5 checked positions · relationships/marriage/abuse-and-marital-rape · Feed

Most recent statement · 26 Jun 2020Does the Quran allow a husband to hit his wife?Older segments link here so no earlier explanation is read as the last word.

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Latest answer · 26 Jun 2020

26 Jun 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth LatestDoes the Quran allow a husband to hit his wife? The guest reads 4:34 as telling a persistently flirting wife to leave rather than as permission to beat, and says four words in the verse were mistranslated to create male authority. Mufti Abu Layth says the statement that men provide is descriptive, not prescriptive. Question from live chatguest speechEdip YukselQuran 4:34 (the 'hitting verse')daraba (wadribuhunna)qawwamun machine7 min 49 s2:04:43on YouTube

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2019 · 1

25 Jul 2019Ponderings on the Holy Quran Is forcing your wife to have sex a sin in Islam? Yes: Mufti Abu Layth says coercive sex with one's wife is haram, and that Muslims who deny this create the problem. He cites Imam Malik's saying that what set right the first of this umma will set right its last, meaning the independence to challenge inherited readings shaped by medieval patriarchy. Lessonposition checkedImam Malikwhat set right the first of this umma will set right its last (Imam Malik)tabi'unsahaba (companions) machine3 min 51 s32:36on YouTube

2018 · 5

3 Aug 2018Responding to Refutations Is there an authentic hadith that a wife may never refuse her husband sex? Mufti Abu Layth says no version of the report that a wife cannot refuse her husband is free of criticism, since its chains run through al-A'mash and Qatada and carry hidden defects. He challenges his critics to produce one that cannot be faulted. Lessonposition checkedSunni Defence (YouTube channel)Farid [?]report: a wife may not refuse her husband when he calls her to his bedal-A'mash machine5 min 15 s3:50on YouTube
8 Jul 2018Responding to Refutations Is it rape if a husband uses religion to pressure his wife into sex? Yes: Mufti Abu Layth says using religious threats to pressure a wife into sex is still rape and categorically haram. Discussionposition checkedSunni Defence (YouTube channel) machine3 min 12 s0:00on YouTube
8 Jul 2018Responding to Refutations Do the angels curse a wife who refuses her husband in bed? No: Mufti Abu Layth holds the hadith is weak, resting on narrators who practised tadlis, and clashes with the Quran's command to treat wives with kindness. Lessonposition checkedreport: if a woman refuses her husband's bed the angels curse herSahih al-BukhariSahih MuslimMusnad Ahmad machine3 min 48 s3:12on YouTube
8 Jul 2018Responding to Refutations Critics silent on marital rape, and a story about research and conclusions Mufti Abu Layth says his critics avoid the real issue of marital rape, and challenges them to produce a sound chain for the hadith. DiscussionSunni Defence (YouTube channel)report: if a woman refuses her husband's bed the angels curse her machine6 min 38 s12:34on YouTube
8 Jul 2018Responding to Refutations Is it haram to pressure a wife into sex by saying God will be angry? Yes: marital rape is categorically haram, and so is religious blackmail, using God's anger to get sex. He reads the hadith of the angels cursing a refusing wife as justifying that. Discussionposition checkedSunni Defence (YouTube channel)report: if a woman refuses her husband's bed the angels curse herWahhabiharam machine4 min 25 s0:00on YouTube