Job (peace be upon him) when he broke his oath and struck her with a handful, how is that?
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The questioner : ... Job, when he swore an oath regarding his wife, the Exalted and Majestic said: [Sad 38:44] So how ... if we apply this to what becomes the example here ...?
The Shaykh : The example is valid because this handful contains one hundred stalks of thyme. So if he struck her once, he struck her with one hundred stalks of thyme.
The questioner : But if ... one hundred strikes.
The Shaykh : No, no, if it is one hundred strikes, each strike being separate from the others.
The questioner : ... .
What?
And take in your hand a bunch [of grass] and strike with it and do not break your oath
خذ بيدك ضغثا فاضرب به ولا تحنثThe Shaykh : The example is valid because this handful contains one hundred stalks of thyme. So if he struck her once, he struck her with one hundred stalks of thyme.
The questioner : But if ... one hundred strikes.
The Shaykh : No, no, if it is one hundred strikes, each strike being separate from the others.
The questioner : ... .
What?