Quran
Chptr 4-34b (Pt-5, Stg-1)(L-539)- درس قرآن
Mending the disobedient women
Surah ‘An-Nisaaa’ (The Women) – Chapter – 4)
BisMIllaahir-Rahmaanir-Rahiim
In
the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
34b. And as for those from whom
ye fear desertion, admonish them and banish them to beds apart, and scourge
them. Then if they obey you, seek not a way against them. Lo! Allah is ever
High, Exalted, Great.
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34b. Wallaatii
takhaa-fuuna
nushuu-zahunna fa-‘izuuhunna wah-juruuhunna
fil-mazaaji-‘i wazribuu-hunn. Fa-‘in ‘ata’-nakum falaa tab-guu
‘alayhinna sabiilaa. ‘InnAllaaha kaana ‘A-liyyan- Ka-biiraa.
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Commentary
In the previous lesson, we have
learnt the status of the man by the word qawwaam, that is to say; the
men are ruler, caretaker, monitor and in charge of the women due to being
excelled by Allah Almighty and spending their wealth for providing them their
necessities of life. Woman of good disposition is that who is obedient and
looks after in the absence of her husband. She is not only protector of her
chastity and honor but preserves also the rights, benefits, wealth, property,
family and household goods of her husband.
After telling about rights and
duties of both (men and women), now principles and methods of correction are
being described in case of produced difficulties and badness in the matters of
practical life.
Mutual coolness and
misunderstanding springs up for some times, although husband and wife have all
good relations between them, and it is a usual matter. Moreover, it is also
possible that an obedient wife may disobey or she may have some bad habits,
which may occur at any time from her. What should be the behavior of husband in
these circumstances?
Punishment for those women has
been described in the verse, who disobey, abuse their husbands or have bad habits.
First step of their punishment is that the husband should admonish verbally and
advise them. If she does not admit it then he should be separate from her bed
during sleeping. If even then, she does not agree, then last stage is to beat
her. Nevertheless, the beating should not be such severe as neither the signs
of beating are seen on her body, nor her any bone is broken.
We knew from it that every mistake
and omission has different grade, and order of punishment is according to those
grades. Beating the woman is the last stage of punishment. If the fault is very
customary, then it is better to admonish instead of beating her. Moreover,
beating should also be reasonable according to the grade of her mistake. It
should be kept in mind in each condition that neither any bone of her body
should be cracked, nor any sign of such wound should remain on her body.
Then if the women abstain from
your disobedience or their bad habits after either advice or sleeping on
separate bed or beating, then you should also stop punishing them. In addition,
neither you should question them closely nor scrape their mistakes. Do not
blame them, willing or not willing, but fear Allah Almighty. Certainly, He is
ever High, Exalted, Great, Overcoming and Master of entire creatures. Remember
it too that punishment of beating is not for the eminent women but for the
disobedient and having bad habits.
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