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What is the Islamic rulings about a wife that beats her husband?
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Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds; and may His blessings and peace be upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon all his Family and Companions.
It is Haram in Islamic Shariah for a wife to beat her husband. This matter is condemned in its nature and practice, because it is the husband who is the protector and maintainer of his wife. His right upon her is great; she has to obey him, fulfill his order and seek his pleasure and ways of making him.
The obedience of a woman to her husband is one of the greatest acts of worship that bring her closer to Allah and to His pleasure.
Um Salama, may Allah be pleased with her said: "The Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam) said: "Any woman who dies while her husband is pleased with her will enter
The Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam) also said: "If I was to order someone to prostrate to someone else, I would order the wife to prostrate to her husband." Reported by Al-Thirmidhi with a sound chain of narrations.
The Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam) said about the responsibility of a wife towards her husband and her home, her obedience to him, (preserving his rights and fulfilling his duties. and being kind to him)"The wife is responsible for the house of her husband and his children, all of you are care-takers and all of you are responsible for your guardianship." Reported by Bukhari and Muslim.
The woman who disobeyed her husband or treated him badly should repent and regret what she has done to her husband.
Allah knows best.
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