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The present paper tackles an issue that relates to the life of every Muslim family. The following points discuss the relation¬ship between the husband and the wife: 1. Islam has given the matrimonial rela¬tionship great attention within the limits that may not be exceeded as much as possible. 2. Islam has dignified women, protected their rights in their matrimonial lives and guaranteed for them freedom under the con¬trols of the Shareeiah. 3. In Islam, beating oneis wife is only meant to discipline her under specific legal measures and controls. It comes as the last measure after exhausting all other measures. 4. The beating of the wife is a mean rather than an end; it is a kind of warning rather than a punishment. 5. Official statistics indicate that violence against women in the West has risen times over the cases found in Muslim countries. 6. Family violence against women is pro¬hibited in all forms and types; it is a crime that one is held accountable for in this life and the life to come. 7. The accusations leveled by the en¬emies of Islam regarding disciplining of wives are part of the enmity and hatred they express against Islam. 8. The disciplining of the wife is legitimate under the Holy Qurian and the Prophetis Sunnah if she fails to meet her obligations towards her husband. 9. The preponderant opinion of scholars is that the wife should be disciplined if she abandons her duties towards her Lord be¬cause this is part of forbidding inquity. 10. The order ibeat themi is based on permission rather than obligation according to the unanimous opinion of scholars. 11. The husband may not be held ac¬countable criminally or civilly for the harm resulting from disciplining of his wife un¬less he had not fulfilled the conditions of disciplining. 12. Beating oneis wife for no legitimate reason is prohibited even if it is mild because it is part of aggression and injustice. The author sheds light on the most im¬portant recommendations of the paper as follows: 1. Care should be given to this subject through researches, symposia and confer-ences to identify the problem and find proper solutions for family violence and marital differences. 2. The media should play a role in family awareness and guidance through intensive programmes in order to spread awareness about family violence and its adverse effects on the individual and society.
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