Question
Last night we responded to a domestic violence situation where a Muslim husband assaulted his wife and fractured her nose. The father of the boy and brother of the boy kept saying she deserved it because she does not listen. They said our women listen to us and we tell what and when to do. They said Nabi (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) said that if ever a woman was to bow down for anyone other than ALLAH it would have been her husband. So I asked them what about the Sahabi who was pulling his camel whilst his wife was sitting on top of it and was somewhat fast and rough with the camel that she bobbed up and down and what did Nabi (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) say to his Sahabi? "Take care of the glass vessel". The mother-in-law teaches at LMA for the past 30 years and both her sons and husband have this attitude that a woman must obey their every whim, fancy and desire. Please comment.
Answer
The zulm of the brutal husband will not go unpunished. The curse of the oppressed is never ignored by Allah Aza Wa Jal. It reaches its target, and Allah Ta'ala says: "I take an oath by My Might that I shall most certainly aid you even if it is after some time." (Hadith Qudsi). The evil husband and his family compounded their sin of cruelty by slanderously justifying it with the name of Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam). The cruelty which he perpetrated on his wife is haraam. It is a major sin. Nothing justifies such zulm. The husband's superior rank is not a license for zulm. On the contrary, tolerance, kindness and mercy are incumbent attributes of superior rank.
The wife is Allah's Amaanat in a man's custody. He will pay dearly for abusing Allah's Amaanat in the dreadful way of assaulting his wife and fracturing her nose. Piety is not restricted to external appearance. The seat of piety is the heart. These people are Satanists, hence they perpetrate such brutality.
- Source
- themajlis.co.za
- Published in
- The Majlis Vol 22 No 08
- PDF page
- 7
Appears under ZULM NEVER GOES UNPUNISHED (approximate).