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{{Quote|Ibn  Ishaq:  p 496|As for Ali he said “Women are plentiful, and you can easily change one for another.  Ask the slave girl; she will tell you the truth.” So the Apostle called Burayra to ask her and '''Ali got up and gave her a violent beating''', saying, ‘Tell the Apostle the truth.’”}}
{{Quote|Ibn  Ishaq:  p 496|As for Ali he said “Women are plentiful, and you can easily change one for another.  Ask the slave girl; she will tell you the truth.” So the Apostle called Burayra to ask her and '''Ali got up and gave her a violent beating''', saying, ‘Tell the Apostle the truth.’”}}


====Muhammad Permited Muslims to Beat their Wives====
===Muhammad Permited Muslims to Beat their Wives===


{{Quote|{{Abu Dawud|11|2142}}|Narrated Umar ibn al-Khattab: The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: '''A man will not be asked as to why he beat his wife.'''}}
{{Quote|{{Abu Dawud|11|2142}}|Narrated Umar ibn al-Khattab: The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: '''A man will not be asked as to why he beat his wife.'''}}
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{{Quote|{{Tabari|9|p. 113}}|Allah permits you to '''shut them in separate rooms and to beat them''', but not severely. If they abstain, they have the right to food and clothing. Treat women well for they are like domestic animals and they possess nothing themselves. Allah has made the enjoyment of their bodies lawful in his Qur’an.}}
{{Quote|{{Tabari|9|p. 113}}|Allah permits you to '''shut them in separate rooms and to beat them''', but not severely. If they abstain, they have the right to food and clothing. Treat women well for they are like domestic animals and they possess nothing themselves. Allah has made the enjoyment of their bodies lawful in his Qur’an.}}


====But Prohibited Men from having Sex with their Wives after giving them a Flogging====
===But Prohibited Men from having Sex with their Wives after giving them a Flogging===


{{Quote|{{Bukhari|7|62|132}}|Narrated 'Abdullah bin Zam'a:  
{{Quote|{{Bukhari|7|62|132}}|Narrated 'Abdullah bin Zam'a:  
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The Prophet said, "None of you should flog his wife as he flogs a slave and then have sexual intercourse with her in the last part of the day."}}
The Prophet said, "None of you should flog his wife as he flogs a slave and then have sexual intercourse with her in the last part of the day."}}


====Muhammad Provided Tacit Approval, Ignored the Abuse of Women====
===Muhammad Provided Tacit Approval, Ignored the Abuse of Women===


Note that Muhammad is not concerned with the suffering of the believing women. Instead, he rebukes her for her words against her husband, thereby providing tacit approval of wife beating.
Note that Muhammad is not concerned with the suffering of the believing women. Instead, he rebukes her for her words against her husband, thereby providing tacit approval of wife beating.
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{{Quote|{{Bukhari|8|73|68}}|Narrated 'Abdullah bin Zam'a: The Prophet forbade laughing at a person who passes wind, and said, "How does anyone of you beat his wife as he beats the stallion camel and then he may embrace (sleep with) her?" And Hisham said, "As he beats his slave"|See Also {{Bukhari|8|73|68}}}}
{{Quote|{{Bukhari|8|73|68}}|Narrated 'Abdullah bin Zam'a: The Prophet forbade laughing at a person who passes wind, and said, "How does anyone of you beat his wife as he beats the stallion camel and then he may embrace (sleep with) her?" And Hisham said, "As he beats his slave"|See Also {{Bukhari|8|73|68}}}}


====Muhammad said Women who Complain of Abuse are Not the Best====
===Muhammad said Women who Complain of Abuse are Not the Best===


{{Quote|Mishkat Al-Masabih: Volume 2, page 692|Iyas b. Abdullah reported God's messenger as saying, "Do not beat God's handmaidens;" but when `Umar came to God's messenger and said, "The women have become emboldened towards their husbands," he gave licence to beat them. Then many women went round God's messenger's family complaining of their husbands, and he said, "'''Many women have gone around complaining of their husbands. Those are not the best among you.'''" Abu Dawud, Ibn Majah, and Darimi transmitted it.}}
{{Quote|Mishkat Al-Masabih: Volume 2, page 692|Iyas b. Abdullah reported God's messenger as saying, "Do not beat God's handmaidens;" but when `Umar came to God's messenger and said, "The women have become emboldened towards their husbands," he gave licence to beat them. Then many women went round God's messenger's family complaining of their husbands, and he said, "'''Many women have gone around complaining of their husbands. Those are not the best among you.'''" Abu Dawud, Ibn Majah, and Darimi transmitted it.}}
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