The ruling on a man who says to his wife, "You are like carrion," because she sleeps a lot?

Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if a man says to his wife, "You are like carrion," because she sleeps a lot, is there any ruling in that, and does anything occur by it? If his intention is that she is like carrion in that she sleeps, then he has

Answer:
what he intended. This is an allusion that is open to interpretation, so he has what he intended. But if his intention is that she is like carrion, meaning forbidden, then this is a prohibition. Prohibiting the wife constitutes zihar.