The greenness that was on the skin of Rafi'a's wife, is it not a trace of severe beating?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you... The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)... meaning that the beating should not be severe...?
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed.
The questioner : This beating, O Shaykh...
The Shaykh : There is no doubt, but I do not know what the reason for it is.
The questioner : ... strong evidence.
The Shaykh : It is strong, there is no doubt it is strong, but did she claim that against her husband? She did not claim it; it may have been from someone else.
The questioner : ... she mentioned...
The Shaykh : What did she mention?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Well, it is not contrary, but who beat her? Who says it was her husband?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Well, it is possible that it was from her husband, or from her brother, or from someone else, or from a third woman with whom she fought.
The questioner : ... the apparent context means she is complaining...
The Shaykh : There is no [reason for doubt] because, in my opinion, if he had been beating her with this beating that the Shari'ah does not permit, she would have complained. She complained about something that is apparent from the situation that she is lying, because it is more likely, and because he claimed that, meaning, the intercourse was strong.
The questioner : Shaykh, the prohibition of severe beating applies to the face and to others, even if it was her brother or anyone else.
The Shaykh : The important thing is that, as for her husband, there is no objection raised against him. And perhaps she also beat someone with a severe beating, so he retaliated against her with what he did to him. The important thing is that it is a trace of a beating; we do not know who the beater was, and whether it was with right or without right; that is not for us to judge. Abd al-Rahman?
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed.
The questioner : This beating, O Shaykh...
The Shaykh : There is no doubt, but I do not know what the reason for it is.
The questioner : ... strong evidence.
The Shaykh : It is strong, there is no doubt it is strong, but did she claim that against her husband? She did not claim it; it may have been from someone else.
The questioner : ... she mentioned...
The Shaykh : What did she mention?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Well, it is not contrary, but who beat her? Who says it was her husband?
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : Well, it is possible that it was from her husband, or from her brother, or from someone else, or from a third woman with whom she fought.
The questioner : ... the apparent context means she is complaining...
The Shaykh : There is no [reason for doubt] because, in my opinion, if he had been beating her with this beating that the Shari'ah does not permit, she would have complained. She complained about something that is apparent from the situation that she is lying, because it is more likely, and because he claimed that, meaning, the intercourse was strong.
The questioner : Shaykh, the prohibition of severe beating applies to the face and to others, even if it was her brother or anyone else.
The Shaykh : The important thing is that, as for her husband, there is no objection raised against him. And perhaps she also beat someone with a severe beating, so he retaliated against her with what he did to him. The important thing is that it is a trace of a beating; we do not know who the beater was, and whether it was with right or without right; that is not for us to judge. Abd al-Rahman?