Azhar Nasser is no “extremist.” Islam justifies what he says here.
A hadith depicts Muhammad saying: “If a husband calls his wife to his bed [i.e. to have sexual relation] and she refuses and causes him to sleep in anger, the angels will curse her till morning” (Bukhari 4.54.460).
Another hadith attributes this to Muhammad: “By him in Whose Hand lies my life, a woman can not carry out the right of her Lord, till she carries out the right of her husband. And if he asks her to surrender herself [to him for sexual intercourse] she should not refuse him even if she is on a camel’s saddle” (Ibn Majah 1854).
The Qur’an teaches that Infidel women can be lawfully taken for sexual use (cf. its allowance for a man to take “captives of the right hand,” 4:3, 4:24, 23:1-6, 33:50, 70:30). The Qur’an says: “O Prophet, tell your wives and your daughters and the women of the believers to bring down over themselves of their outer garments. That is more suitable that they will be known and not be abused. And ever is Allah Forgiving and Merciful.” (33:59) The implication there is that if women do not cover themselves adequately with their outer garments, they may be abused, and that such abuse would be justified.
And as for wife-beating: “Men have authority over women because Allah has made the one superior to the other, and because they spend their wealth to maintain them. Good women are obedient. They guard their unseen parts because Allah has guarded them. As for those from whom you fear disobedience, admonish them and send them to beds apart and beat them.” — Qur’an 4:34
Muhammad “struck me on the chest which caused me pain, and then said: Did you think that Allah and His Apostle would deal unjustly with you?” — Aisha (Sahih Muslim 2127)
“Canadian-American Cleric Azhar Nasser: Husband Has Right to ‘Intimacy’ Whenever He Likes and May Strike His Wife ‘to Salvage the Marriage,'” MEMRI, September 15, 2018:
During a September 15 lesson at Az-Zahraa Islamic Centre in Richmond, British Columbia, American Shiite cleric Azhar Nasser discussed the “wife-beating verse” in the Quran. He said that because a man provides for his wife, he has the right to “intimacy” whenever he pleases, and that some sources say that the wife is forbidden from denying or delaying intimacy lest “the angels ask Allah to deprive her of His mercy.” He also said that according to some scholars, a woman cannot leave the house without her husband’s permission because he might desire her while she is away. During his lecture, titled “Battered & Bruised,” Nasser said that in “extreme cases,” when the wife is “immodest,” the man must first admonish her, and if that does not work he must separate the beds to “show his discontent.” Then, if he feels that it may “rectify the problem and salvage the marriage,” he may strike his wife. Azhar Nasser, born and raised in Michigan and a graduate of the University of Michigan, currently resides in Richmond, B.C., Canada. The address was an installment in a series of lectures at Az-Zahraa Islamic Centre and was posted on its YouTube and Facebook pages.
Following are excerpts:
Cleric Azhar Nasser: We go to the verse, the verse that has been called the “wife-beating verse.” If you guys have a Quran app on your phone I want you to follow along.
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From the beginning, Allah calls the husband “the guardian of the women.” Allah has given certain privileges to men, and He has given certain privileges to women. They have different rights. The right of the wife is that she has the right to be maintained.
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The husband, because you maintain her, because you are providing shelter and food, and you are taking on financial responsibility… Because you’re fulfilling this responsibility, Allah gives you a right. What is that right? The right to enjoy pleasure. There are two rights that are mentioned by the legal scholars, the first is that you have a right to intimacy.
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The one right that Allah has given to the man is that when he desires intimacy with his wife, she cannot deny him.
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In fact, we have narrations that say the wife should not even delay intimacy if the husband desires.
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This is a woman who, when her husband calls her, to have intimacy with her, she tells him “later, later, later” until he falls asleep, meaning she delays that conjugal right. The Holy Prophet says that such a woman, the angels ask Allah to deprive her of His mercy.
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He can give her commands from dawn till dusk, the only command that she has to respond to Islamically is if he calls her to be with her – intimacy. And some legal scholars say she cannot leave the house without his permission, and some legal scholars have said that second right is also related to the first, because he might desire her and if she’s away, it’s going to be problematic.
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We’re talking about a very extreme case where she’s not righteous, she’s disobedient to God, and she’s not guarding her modesty, that the husband is afraid, he’s becoming suspicious, there are signs of infidelity.
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Allah says, you’re not allowed to strike them, first, admonish them. Talk. If you have some suspicions, if you’re uncomfortable with the way she’s behaving, if you feel that she’s not guarding her chastity, admonish them. This is number one. If that doesn’t work, separate the beds to express your discontent. If that doesn’t work, this is when the verse says, “strike them.” Scholars say, you only escalate it to the third, strike them… and there are some conditions to this. You only do it if you feel that it may rectify the problem. The hitting here is not with the intention of punishing. It’s to discipline and to rectify the problem, and salvage the marriage.
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Imam Al-Bakr says, “You shall strike them with a siwak.” You know miswaks? The twig that is used for dental hygiene? You strike them with something like that.
Darryl Kerney says
Sure sounds like ownership to me, much like what the right hand possesses which hasn’t been abrogated….
mortimer says
Marital Rape approved by Hanafi Jurists
Marital rape was regarded as acceptable husbandly conduct by scholars in the Hanafi legal school. For example, Zayn al-Din ibn Ibrahim ibn Nujaym (d.970/1563) argued that as long as a wife remains in her husband’s house, she is owed maintenance, even if she is disobedient and withholds sex. This is because as long as she remains in his house, a husband can dominate her (yaghlibu ‘alayha), forcing her to have sex with him. Like al-Kasani, ibn Najaym was comfortable with marital rape, seeing it as a natural consequence of a wife’s sexual disobedience. ‘Abd Allah ibn Ahmad al-Nasafi (d.710/1310) added an undeniable shade of violence to his discussion of marital rape. While he argued that a necessary condition of hitting one’s wife is to leave her intact or sound (bi-shart al salama), soundness is not a condition for sex, so if a wife dies while her husband is having sex with her, he is not liable.
Darryl Kerney says
And we see examples still today, of muslim men in western countries charged with marital rape claiming they didn’t know it was a crime…..and even telling us it’s not a crime in islam !
Yet the denial continues.
CogitoErgoSum says
Lorena Bobbitt got only 45 days in a mental institution. Something to think about … but laws are different outside the U.S.
No Muzzies Here says
The very same people who fully support a Muslim’s right to beat his wife are the same ones who are opposing Brett Kavanaugh.
Renate says
No comment from Canada’s “feminist” Prime Minister.
mortimer says
Jihadi Justin calls it ‘INTOLERANT’ to criticize Islam’s Sharia-authorized WIFE BEATING and MARITAL RAPE. Marital rape is normative Islam, but illegal under Canadian law.
Marital Rape approved by Hanafi Jurists
Marital rape was regarded as acceptable husbandly conduct by scholars in the Hanafi legal school. For example, Zayn al-Din ibn Ibrahim ibn Nujaym (d.970/1563) argued that as long as a wife remains in her husband’s house, she is owed maintenance, even if she is disobedient and withholds sex. This is because as long as she remains in his house, a husband can dominate her (yaghlibu ‘alayha), forcing her to have sex with him. Like al-Kasani, ibn Najaym was comfortable with marital rape, seeing it as a natural consequence of a wife’s sexual disobedience. ‘Abd Allah ibn Ahmad al-Nasafi (d.710/1310) added an undeniable shade of violence to his discussion of marital rape. While he argued that a necessary condition of hitting one’s wife is to leave her intact or sound (bi-shart al salama), soundness is not a condition for sex, so if a wife dies while her husband is having sex with her, he is not liable.
Renate says
I remember a nun in Canada being charged with child abuse because she hit children’s hands with things like rulers in her classroom. She was convicted of child abuse. The judge said that she wasn’t going to get away with hiding behind religion to carry out abuse. Ah, those were the days!
Carol the 1st says
Muslims aren’t to strike or bruise the face in non-warfare situations. The probable motivation for this unusual hint of “respect for the individual” is that if you’ve got to “beat it out of your charge” it’s more becoming to “keep it under wraps”. Lots of wife beaters do it that way.
StellaSaidSo says
Just ONE of these savages in the civilised West would have been one too many. And we have let in millions.
Tell It Right says
IF it’s rude for a Christian man to hold the door open for a lady, but it’s okay for a Muslim man to beat his wife…you might be a Democrat.
StellaSaidSo says
+1
David M says
I prefer it when Muslims come out & say what they actually think anyway.
gravenimage says
David, they don’t do it because they are honest–but because they are feeling emboldened.
David M says
I know, but the left can’t defend them when they say it, the left have to just ignore them & pretend it didn’t happen.
gravenimage says
True.
gravenimage says
Canada: Muslim cleric says husband has right to “intimacy” whenever he likes and may strike his wife
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In other words, Muslims can beat and rape their wives.
God, I hate Islam.
Relic says
It’s an on going issue around here.
https://www.tricitynews.com/news/updated-port-coquitlam-mosque-director-sentenced-to-3-5-years-for-sex-assault-1.20067308
eloivsdiablo says
Why don’t the moslems just lobotomize their women..?
Politicianophobia says
Maryam Monsef, Peterborough-Kawartha, MP for the Status of Women says “Shari’ah law fascinates her” (she MUST be defeated in 2019)
Shari’ah law: A woman inherits half of what a man does.
A woman’s testimony in a court of law counts half of a man’s testimony. “Since she might forget” 2:282 Women’s minds are deficient.
A man may say “You are divorced” 3 times outside a court.
Husbands may “hit” their wives.”
A man can have 4 wives.
Male owners may have sex with his sex slaves, even prepubescent slave girls
Captives of jihad may be forced to have sex with their new “owners.”
How could people in a free country vote for such a disgraceful woman?
Canadian law: NONE OF THE ABOVE, is it not time the citizens demanded politicians and judges to enforce Canadian laws and values.
2019, ask politicians Do you believe in Canadian law and Canadian values, yes or no.
“Hitting” your wife is not allowed in Canada. He needs to go back to Egypt.
Carolyne says
Personally, I’d rather be cursed by angels all night than have sex with a dirty old smelly Muslim goat.
Carolyne says
Personally, I’d rather be cursed by angels all night than have sex with a dirty old smelly Muslim Imam.
gravenimage says
True, Carolyne. The problem is that Muslim men then proceed to beating and “Honor Killing” their wives.
Carolyne says
Sorry about the almost double post. First time didn’t work, second time worked twice.
Carolyne says
Sorry about the double post. It will probably happen this time too. First time didn’t work, second time worked twice.
Tom says
Well now where are the “Woe is me” crowd who have hand wringing sessions and scream at the sky over the merest slight against Muslims.
Where is our avowed feminist Prime Minister the right horrible Justin Trudeau on the issue of forced sex and wife beating in Islam and by Muslim men.
Where is the outcry from the left, human rights organizations, feminists and those who stand up against what they see as the right wing “keep them in the kitchen” mentality.
The silence from all and sundry is deafening and the hypocrisy crystal clear.
Politicianophobia says
Well Tom, Trudeau may be out looking for unicorns again, or spending a day with his bff, George Soros, trying to figure how “they” can build up the Liberal funds without Canadians knowing the money came from Georgie. I still do not understand why Justine sold ALL our Canadian gold to Georgie, any thoughts?
Older Canadian says
Perhaps the silence is because prior to the early 1980’s in Ontario (can’t comment on the rest of Canada) raping and beating your wife unless he did permanent damage to her was not a crime. The fjrst shelter for abused women was openned in Toronto in the late 70’s. So I guess the silence is perhaps fear that this could be exposed, that we in this country were also quite backward, barbaric, not that long ago. The merry widow, most of them had good reason to be merry, back in the good old days.
Politicianophobia says
Let the past just fade away, don’t get lost in yesterday, wife beating in Canada is NOT allowed and never should be. Islam brrrrrr Judges and politicians MUST enforce Canadian law NOT Shari’ah period.