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by Farooq Kperogi

Last week’s column titled ‘Criticising Buhari Over ‘President Michelle of West Germany’ Gaffe is Ignorant’ elicited three strands of responses. The majority of responses (about 90 percent, by my estimation) said they were educated by it and are now informationally equipped to understand President Buhari’s memory lapses and slips.
But another set of responses said I was merely making excuses for the president since President Ronald Reagan with whom I compared him was later diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease (an age-related disease that gradually destroys people’s memory, mental capabilities, and eventually leads to death), and suggested that Reagan’s memory lapses were the result of his disease rather than “senior moments.” Someone even cynically suggested that I was wishing that Buhari got Alzheimer’s disease! Another said I implied that Buhari might be suffering from the early onset of the disease. As I will show shortly, these are wildly inaccurate extrapolations.
The second set of responses said a more valid comparison would be with President Obama since Obama, unlike Reagan, has no Alzheimer’s disease. So here is my response.
First, Reagan was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 1994, that is, 5 years after leaving the White House. Doctors said at the time he made his notorious memory-induced gaffes as president, he didn’t have a trace of Alzheimer’s disease. According to the New York Times of October 5, 1997. “But while the line between mere forgetfulness and the beginning of Alzheimer’s can be fuzzy, a matter of gradation, Mr. Reagan’s four main White House doctors say they saw no evidence that he had crossed it as President. They saw and spoke with him daily in the White House, they said, and beyond the natural failings of age never found his memory, reasoning or judgment to be significantly impaired.”
Dr. John E. Hutton Jr., Reagan’s personal physician from 1984 to 1989, also told the New York Times in 1997 that Reagan ‘’absolutely’’ did not ‘’show any signs of dementia or Alzheimer’s,’’ even after “extensive mental-status tests.” So what Reagan suffered during his presidency was mere age-related memory disablement.
Nothing in my article even remotely suggested that Reagan’s slips were a consequence of Alzheimer’s disease. I wrote: “Nobel Prize-winning neurobiologist Eric Kandel and his colleagues published a well-received study in 2013 in the Journal of Science Translational Medicine where they, among other things, reveal that a ‘memory gene’ in us appears to get weaker as our brain ages, causing us to forget easily, mix things up, and unable to easily recall information stored in our memory banks.” It’s an illogical, groundless interpretive leap to suggest that I wished that Buhari had Alzheimer’s disease - or that I implied he had one.
Now, for people who think Obama is a perfect president who never has memory lapses, here is a sample of his notorious memory-induced gaffes:
1. In 2008, during a presidential campaign event in the city of Beaverton in the northwestern US state of Oregon, Obama infamously said “I’ve now been in 57 states - I think one left to go. Alaska and Hawaii I was not allowed to go to, even though I really wanted to visit but my staff would not justify it.” Problem is America has only 50 states. Every elementary school student in America knows this. But Obama, in this ill-famed gaffe, implied that the country he sought to govern had 58 states (57 + “one left to go”= 58) or, perhaps, 60 states (57 + “one left to go” + “Alaska and Hawaii” = 60).
Similarly, when he lost a presidential primary to Hillary Clinton in the state of Kentucky in 2008, he said: “Senator Clinton, I think, is much better known, coming from a nearby state of Arkansas.” Well, actually, Illinois, Obama’s adopted state, is closer to Kentucky than Arkansas is.
2. On August 25, 2008, Obama spoke to the Democratic National Convention from Kansas City in the State of Missouri. But he had a lapse of memory and said “I’m here with the Girardo family here in St. Louis.”
3. On April 4, 2009, Obama travelled to Strasbourg in France. While there, he addressed a news conference during which he said the following “It was also interesting to see that political interaction in Europe is not that different from the United States Senate. There’s a lot of - I don’t know what the term is in Austrian-wheeling and dealing…” Unfortunately, there is no language called “Austrian.” An Austrian is a citizen of Austria, and Austrians speak German.
4. At a town hall meeting in Tampa, Florida, on January 28, 2010, Obama entertained questions from students. In response to a student’s question on why America supports Israel with billions of tax payers’ dollars in spite of Israel’s poor human rights records, he said “The Middle East is obviously an issue that has plagued the region for centuries.” Huh? If you know what that means, please let me know.
5. On November 16, 2011, while addressing a news conference in the city of Honolulu in the US state of Hawaii, Obama said “When I meet with world leaders, what’s striking - whether it’s in Europe or here in Asia-the kinds of fundamental reforms…” Americans justifiably mocked Obama for saying Hawaii was in Asia. Remember that Obama was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, yet he called it “Asia.”
6. On at least two occasions, Obama has confused ‘Memorial Day’ (the day set aside to remember military people who died in battle) with ‘Veteran’s Day’ (a day dedicated to honouring ex-military people who are living). In 2008, he infamously said “On this Memorial Day, as our nation honours its unbroken line of fallen heroes - and I see many of them in the audience here today - our sense of patriotism is particularly strong.” As a conservative commentator asked, “Does Obama see dead people?”
In 2012, Obama repeated the same mistake He said: “And a lot of those men and women who we celebrate on Veteran’s Day and Memorial Day come back and find that, when it comes to finding a job or getting the kind of care that they need, we are not always there the way we need to.” Do dead people find jobs and desire care?
There are countless more embarrassing slips Obama has committed (such as not knowing the age of one of his daughters, saying an entire town was wiped out by a tornado when only 11 people died, etc.), but no one doubts that Obama is an exceedingly intelligent and educated person. He also has aides who prepare him meticulously before news conferences and other kinds of public appearances, yet he fumbles occasionally, not because he is clueless, but because he is human and is liable to “senior moments” which, to quote my article, “can start as early as late 30s and get worse as we get older.”
Always remember this when Buhari makes his next gaffe. http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/weekly/index.php/notes-from-atlanta/20895-obama-and-buhari-comparing-their-senior-moments

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Weekly Trust: Please can you tell us about yourself?
Maryam: My name is Maryam Yahaya, I am 17 years old and the first born of my family. I have three younger sisters and one brother.

Why are you in Police custody?
My husband, Auwal is dead.
How did he die?
( A long pause)
What happened on the day he died?
On that day, I went to my sister’s house to help her make taliya (local spaghetti) . By the time I came back home in the evening, I met him at home. So he asked me for his food and I told him I did not cook, but that I had brought taliya from my sister’s house which I prepared myself for him. After he had eaten it , he took his ulcer medication ‘Gestid’ because he said he was not feeling fine. He now told me he wanted to have sex and I told him I was not interested; he insisted and I refused then he started insulting me saying that I was stupid. He said he had married me to have sex and that I didn’t know the value of marriage.
I left him and went to the compound to peel potatoes while he decided to sleep. When I picked the knife (pauses again). Satan must have possessed me and something told me to commit the crime. I went to the room and found him sleeping. I stood behind him for some minutes wondering what to do then I placed the knife by his neck and somehow he turned in his sleep, I don’t know whether I panicked or I was possessed then I committed the crime.
When it dawned on me that this is what I have done, I ran out to our neighbor’s house screaming that she should come and see what has happened.

What happened after that?
He staggered out of the room feeling dizzy, when our neighbor saw him she ran out screaming. So, I also ran out to my sister’s house. When I was about to leave, he went back into the room and even when people gathered he was alive, they didn’t take him to the hospital. It was while I was in the police station that I found out that he had died but he was alive before the police took me away.

Did you drug him before he slept?
No! God is my witness that I did not put anything in his food.

Were you forced into marrying him?
No, I loved him. We had dated for two years and I was in love with him. But after the marriage, he started disturbing me with sex. He wanted sex all the times, sometimes, five to six times a day. Any time he comes home he wants to sleep with me.
Did you complain about his excessive sexual demands to anyone?
I didn’t tell anybody, but I complained to him, at a point that he was always disturbing me and most of the times, I will be in pains. But he said that was why he married me.

Apart from the sexual demands does he beat you?
No, he doesn’t beat me.

Why didn’t you run away or ask for divorce instead of killing him?
I don’t know. But Satan didn’t bring that thought to me.

How many months is your pregnancy?
Two months now.
Did Lawal know you were pregnant before he died?
Yes. We even went to the hospital together.

What have your parents said to you since the incidence?
They told me I have put them in great distress and they have had to leave Gangare community because some youths made an attempt on their lives. I regret my actions and wish I could take it back. I have committed a grave sin but I have repented and I want forgiveness from Lawal’s family, I will never do such a thing again.

What would you tell your child on the whereabouts of his/her father when he grows up?
I have been thinking about that a lot and I don’t know what and how I will be able to tell my child about what killed his father. Or how I will expect the child to forgive me. Even if I don’t tell him or her, my story has gone all over the world and my child will be stigmatized and be seen as the child whose mother killed his father.

http://weeklytrust.com.ng/index.php/new-news/13529-why-i-killed-my-husband-new-bride-confesses

The Chief Magistrate Court in Kiyawa Local Government Area of Jigawa State has sentenced Professor Festus David Kolo of the Faculty of Education at Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria to two months imprisonment for knowingly enticing a married woman who was a student in his department contrary to Section 389 of the penal code law.
Principal State Prosecution Counsel Mustapha Adamu, who read the first information report, said on May 21, one Muhammad Ghali of Takur Quarters Dutse “reported you, Prof. Festus David Kolo of ABU, Zaria, knowing fully well that Mrs Bushra Ghali Muhammed is his wife, and you have been making advances towards her, inciting her, calling her oftenly, sending her love text messages using your phone”.
The FIR also said, “You, Prof. Kolo, was caught red handed by the police at Dan Musa Guest House Room 109 with Ghali’s wife after he reported the case to the police and after several warnings and pleas by the husband.
The accused told the court that the content of the FIR is correct. His lawyers M.A. Gausu and R.A. Nwande told the court that the accused is above 60 years and the bread winner of his family and therefore begged the court to temper justice with mercy.
In his ruling, Senior Magistrate Muhammed Musa Kaugama said the convict is a first time offender but also in order to deter the convict against a similar act in the future, “this court hereby sentences the convict to two months imprisonment without option of fine.
http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/index.php/news-news/56340-prof-kolo-jailed-for-enticing-married-woman

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Residents of Mutuwa Geji in Gusau metropolis are battling to come to terms with what would have led a young man to kill his own mother and two sisters. Weekly Trust reports:

A young man in his 20s named Kamal Yusuf is in the custody of the police in Zamfara State for allegedly masterminding the murder of his biological mother, Hajiya Hafsatu and her two daughters, Amina and Maryam.
Both Hajiya Hafsat and Amina were believed to have been slaughtered, while Maryam was believed to have been strangulated to death.
Police sources said Kamal allegedly contracted three of his friends to do the dirty job after futile attempts to have a portion of his mother’s wealth which she inherited following the death of her second husband – Kamal’s stepfather.
Hajiya Hafsatu’s first marriage to Kamal’s father did not last, but she decided to move with Kamal into the house of her second husband because his father showed little or no interest in him. Her second husband, with whom she gave birth to Amina and Maryam, was wealthy. And when he died, she inherited part of the wealth he left behind.
“In her (Hajiya Hafsatu’s) effort to see that Kamal lives to be a responsible child, she gave him the best of what she could afford, including a car,” said a resident of Mutuwa Geji neighbourhood in Gusau metropolis, where Kamal lived with his mother and two step siblings.
Hajiya Hafsatu, the resident who gave his name simply as Hassan, tried all she could to see that he had the best of education just like a mother would. “He was at different times a student of a polytechnic in Bauchi, Alhikmah University in Ilorin and Abdu Gusau Polytechnic in Zamfara but was dismissed for misconduct,” Hassan revealed.
Kamal, Weekly Trust gathered, was not interested in education. Rather, he had his eyes on his mother’s wealth. Some even said he had wanted to benefit from the wealth left behind by his stepfather, although that was not sanctioned by Islam.
Despite his seeming ungratefulness, Hajiya Hafsatu refused to give up on her son and continued carrying him along in most of her dealings.
Penultimate Friday, Hajiya Hafsat went to the bank along with Kamal where she withdrew N800,000. When they left the bank, Weekly Trust learnt that Kamal requested for some cash out of the money from his mother but she told him that the money was meant for something else.
Not satisfied with his mother’s explanation, Kamal decided to collect the money through other means and at night invited his friends to his home. In the end, they killed his mother as well as her two young daughters and dumped their corpses into Gusau Water Board Dam. The suspects, after the crime, fled to neighbouring Kaduna State.
The woman’s corpse was later found floating in a river by residents who reported the matter to the police. The police went to the scene, evacuated the corpse to the Federal Medical Center Gusau for post mortem. Deep cuts and injuries were discovered all over her body, which led the police to suspect foul play and marked the case as culpable homicide.
Meanwhile, all attempts to establish the whereabouts of Hajiya Maryam and her two daughters were unsuccessful and all calls placed to her mobile phone were not going through. Two days later, her relations, therefore, decided to report the matter to the police as a case of missing person.
The police took the complainants to the Public Mortuary to see whether the corpse found earlier was that of the missing person. Upon seeing the corpse, which had already began to decompose; the relations instantly recognized it as that of their sister.
The police began investigation immediately and went to the deceased person’s residence for clues. The house was found locked and when the door was forced open, there were blood stains everywhere and the room was apparently ransacked, Weekly Trust gathered.
The deceased car was also not seen inside the house but her son’s car was there with blood stains. Inside the car’s booth, pillow cases and bed sheets soaked with blood were recovered.
The police then confirmed their suspicion of culpable homicide. They juxtaposed such finding with reports that the deceased person’s son had been threatening to kill her for failing to give him money. This made the son, Kamal, a prime suspect.
Weekly Trust learnt further that the late Hajiya Hafsatu had severally alerted her relations of her son’s threat to kill her. “If I should die, hold Kamal responsible,” she was reported to have said in the past.
Further searches by the police led to the findings of the corpses of the late woman’s two daughters killed by the same assailants.
Weekly Trust heard from sources that Kamal was found by the road side in the Kawo area of Kaduna metropolis sleeping inside his late mother’s car which they fled with. The N800, 000 which his mother withdrew from the bank and an additional N500, 000 were found in his possession.
It was gathered that Kamal has since admitted to committing the crime, but said his intention was not to kill his mother, but scare her into giving him money.
The police in Zamfara State also confirmed that Kamal was found and arrested in Kaduna. The state’s Police Commissioner, Mr. Akila Usman Gwary, said two of the accomplices - Armaya’u Yusuf and Caleb Humphrey - had been arrested by the police, while the third suspect is still at large.
He said no stone would be left unturned in fishing out the remaining culprits. He equally described the act as unfortunate and highly barbaric, adding that those involved must face the full wrath of the law.
http://weeklytrust.com.ng/index.php/new-news/12883-son-kills-mother-2-sisters-over-money-in-zamfara

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Turning Back to Allah

You've Recognised your sin/mistake,

So now Turn Back to Him (swt),

Ready to Sacrifice and Leave that which,

Distanced you from your Lord(swt),

Trusting that He(swt) Knows Better.

Allah Promises and Loves to Forgive,

He(swt) says: "Don't Despair",

He(swt) is At-Tawaab:

"The Acceptor of Repentance, The Oft Returning",

And His(swt) Mercy overcomes His(swt) Anger

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So Turn Back Now, don't wait for later,

Before the Death Rattle reaches the Throat,

Before the Sun Rises from the West.

***

Turn Back to your Lord,

By Repenting (Tawbah/Istigfaar),

With Willingness,

With Sincerity (Ikhlaas),

Feeling Remorse,

and Regret,

Intending Never again to Return to that sin,

With Belief (Emaan) in your Heart.

***

Keep it Flowing,

Staying Steadfast (Istikhaamah),

By Purifying and Cleansing,

And keeping Good Company,

Harbouring Good Thoughts,

Speaking Good Words,

by Doing Good Deeds (Al-Birr),

and Allah will make your Journey Easier.

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Make your Heart your Forte,

And Allah will Change the rest.

Delete Old Memories, Painful ones too,

Retaining Lessons Learned.

Your Pleas have not gone unheard,

And your Tears are Not Lost,

Becoming Peals of Wisdom,

So Move Forward Wisely Oh Muslim,

With Confidence, Humility and Dignity;

And Be the Best you can,

Your Slate is Clean,

Its Simple and Clear,

Just Turn Back to Allah, Right Now and Right Here.

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http://www.zawaj.com/askbilqis/tawbah-in-islam/poem-turning-back-to-allah/

The road to zina (fornication and adultery) starts with a look, a glance, a sweet word, a tea, a coffee, a pizza, a shopping spree, studying together all cosied up in the uni library...'Chill out, its just innocent fun' (I hear you say). The shame and shyness left time ago, so the rest starts to become a lot easier. Now the flirting, touching, hugging, the 'I love you's and 'Bleep's sent through email and text messages, gradually turning from virtual to reality. Before you know what’s happening, your emotions have taken over and all logic and common sense have flown out the window along with the shame.

Allah? What, oh yeah, Allah and Islam, I'll think about that later, I'm not doing anything wrong - I'm just chilling out with Yasin. Its a cold drizzly day, and where you'd normally have to struggle out of your warm bed for college or work, today you jump up, cos all you're seeing are flowers and stars, all rosiness and glitter. Sound familiar? Allah(swt)'s warning in the Quran Surah Al Isra, Verse 32, bears little significance in our lives now: "And come not NEAR to unlawful sexual intercourse. Verily, it is a faahishah (a great sin) and an evil way."
Autumn - The Fall

This dizzy feeling of excitement or lust masquerading as love is oh but a very short lived satisfaction. Girlfriend/boyfriend relationships are major sins in Islam! Things do not “just happen.” One bad deed if not nipped in the bud, leads to another. You planted a bad seed and instead of repelling it at the first stage, you allowed it to become firmly planted and it began to flower. It was not innocent fun, it was the beginning of a long line of sins leading to zina and each of those seemingly 'minor' things were in fact not small, they were 'major'. They were major, because each one stained your heart with a small black dot, until eventually your whole heart became covered with darkness.

Remember, Allah(swt) did not just say, 'Don't have unlawful sexual intercourse, He(swt) warned us against even 'coming near' it! Because you continued ignoring this, you were no longer able to see or hear the light or truth, you became confused. Some of you hated doing those bad things, but your goal had become only to please your girlfriend/boyfriend. Some of you enjoyed sinning and became slave to your lower desires. Either way, you became a slave to other than Allah, thereby committing indirect shirk.

Some of you have now become compulsive liars too, as you sneak out the door, telling your folks that you'll be studying in the library till late; when in fact you're meeting your lover, and forgetting your meeting with your Creator - Allah. When reminded about the punishments for your sins, you put your fingers in your ears and continue persevering in your wrong doing. You allowed your emotions to rule your soul.

Time passed, he left you for another girl, betrayed you, said hurtful things to you, used you physically, or your folks wouldn't let you marry and then, only then did you realise the enormity of your sins - finally. All that time you had forgotten that Allah was watching you, the angels had been watching and recording every single thing you did, every foul word you uttered, every lustful move you made, every footstep you took towards your sinful destination.

You no longer feel that flutter in your heart. The stars have vanished and the flowers have faded leaving behind thick thorny stems. The glitter has dulled and now you really feel the cold, even though the sun is beaming outside. The darkness covering your heart is turning to a muddled grey and the guilt has kicked in. The pain of separation, the pain of betrayal, the feeling of being used; and/or you feel depression from the emptiness where once your lover lay besides you. You hear the words 'I love you' ringing in your ears, but now wish you could erase each bitter memory, along with the stab in the back, the pangs of the heart, heaviness in the mind, the anger of frustration. You shudder, you fear and you feel grief at the realisation of your sins. You feel sick in the gut, you wish you had listened to your conscience and you wish you had had the confidence to just say 'No, Stop!'. You wish you could turn back the clock so you can be pure again. Why didn’t you just take heed before?!

Whats happened to you, to her, to him? She's suffering a dark cold depression, its such a lonely place to be. She's been physical with a guy and feels dirty, used, impure. The other sister has lost her virginity, he's lost his. She's missed her period, is she pregnant? He wants her to abort it. He can't face his parents, they'll kill him. She's caught a sexually transmitted disease. He'd been sleeping around. She used to be a model student. He's missed out, he failed high school, college, uni. 'Please stop, I can't listen to anymore,' I hear you say. But there is more brother, sister, there is more! You are disobeying Allah(swt) so much, you are disobeying your Creator. What if He(swt) takes your soul before you get a chance to stop and repent?! So face it now before you end up like this.

Is this talking to you? How will you let this end? Will you stop yourself now before it gets this bad? Or has it already become this bad? Wherever you are now my brother, my sister, STOP and turn back to Allah this very second. Stop and revert, otherwise just as the flowers die in the cold, your soul will die too.

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Insha'Allah, my words are not falling on deaf ears. Insha'Allah they have pierced your soul and begun to awaken your sleeping heart. Please take heed and let their be a Spring, let the flowers start to grow again. Turn back to Allah now, while you are still breathing, there is still time. Please don't let it go.

So you struggle to survive and when no-one else is around, Allah can Hear your cry, your guilt, your despair and your desperation from the inner depths of your heart and your soul. Despite, you having broken Allah's Laws, He(swt) wants you to pick yourself up again. Turn back to Allah now and do sincere tawbah (repentance). He(swt) is waiting for you to ask of Him (swt). Allah says in the Qur'an in Surah Az-Zumar, Verse 53, "Do not despair of God's mercy; He will forgive you of all your sins".

Throw out the bad seeds and remove all traces of the thorny stem that spread so deep within your soul. Plant a single seed of goodness and the new flowers will begin to blossom again. Listen to your conscience, 'that' is the good thought that will help you smile once more - just accept the call of Allah and turn back to him through sincere Tawbah.

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So my brother, my sister - check yourselves every night before you sleep. Ask yourself this: 'What did I do today that was wrong? And what can I do now to put things right?'

Nip it in the bud, don't let that 'glance' turn to 'despair'.

http://www.zawaj.com/askbilqis/the-sin-of-fornication-and-adultery/

According to Islam, does a husband have the right to beat his wife?

In a word, NO. A Muslim man is categorically NOT allowed to beat his wife.

Quran 4:34

"Men are in charge of women by [right of] what Allah has given one over the other and what they spend [for maintenance] from their wealth. So righteous women are devoutly obedient, guarding in [the husband's] absence what Allah would have them guard. But those [wives] from whom you fear arrogance - [first] advise them; [then if they persist], forsake them in bed; and [finally], idribuhunna. But if they obey you [once more], seek no means against them. Indeed, Allah is ever Exalted and Grand."- Quran, Surat-An-Nisaa, 4:34

Some modern translators and commentators have taken Quran 4:34 to mean that a man may "beat his wife lightly" as a last resort. Their entire evidence for this rests on an interpretation of one single word in the Quran - the word "idribuhunna", which is a derivative of "daraba". They say it means "to beat" or "to strike".

This is a controversial and probably mistaken translation/interpretation.

To make sense of this, we need to look back and see how the classical commentators understood Quran 4:34. The word "daraba" and its derivatives are used in many other places in the Quran in ways that do not mean "beat". "Daraba" is one of those words that has many meanings in the Arabic language. It is used at times in the Quran to mean travel, or separate, or to set forth. Very few of the classical commentators understood it to mean "beat". That is a modern phenomenon.

It's self-serving and cynical, in my opinion, to translate the word as "beat" in this one instance, while translating it differently in all other Quranic instances.

It is more appropriate to understand it either as, "separate from them", or, "set forth to them", meaning set forth the terms of marriage to them very clearly (and the possibility of divorce).

And in fact this is what the Prophet (sws) did one time when his wives disturbed him greatly. He separated himself from them until they realized the seriousness of the situation.

See this excellent analysis - "Beat Them?"- in which the author discusses Quran 4:34 at length and breaks down the meaning of the words.

What Does the Quran Say?

How can we know for sure what Allah means in this ayah? The first rule of tafsir is to interpret the Quran using the Quran. So all we need to do is look at other verses of the Quran, and then look at the Sunnah.

Allah says, "Among His signs is that He created for you spouses from among yourselves, in order to have tranquility and contentment with each other. He places in your heart love and care towards your spouses. In this, there are signs for people who think." (30:21)"

Furthermore, Allah tells us in the Quran, "do not transgress; God does not like the aggressors.” 2:190

What Did the Prophet Say and Do?

As for the Messenger of Allah (sws), he said, "Could any of you beat your wife as he would a slave, and then lie with her in the evening?" (Bukhari and Muslim). There are other traditions in Abu Da'ud, Nasa'i, Ibn Majah, Ahmad bin Hanbal and others, to the effect that he forbade the beating of any woman, saying: "Never beat God's handmaidens."

The Prophet personally was known to be an extremely gentle and kind man who never struck any of his wives.

So it's very clear contextually that beating women/wives is not allowed, and we must interpret Quran 4:34 appropriately.

Here is another article that analyzes the word "daraba" in great detail and concludes that it cannot be translated in this ayah as "beat". Be warned that the article is quite long. "On the unlawfulness of wife beating in Islam."

The other Editors on this website may nor may not agree with me. This is my opinion, and Allah knows best

Wael
IslamicAnswers.com