"I WANTED ONE THING AND GOD WANTED ANOTHER . . . ": The Dilemma of the Prophetic Example and the Qur'anic Injunction on Wife-Beating

Chapter 4, verse 34 of the Qur'an permits husbands to physically discipline recalcitrant wives. Modern Muslims who find this husbandly privilege discomfiting often rely on Muhammad's prophetic practice to mitigate the meaning of this verse. In light of Muhammad's example of never hitt...

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