Islamic Scholar Jassem Al-Mutawa: Wife Beating in Islam Treats Women Suffering from Masochism

Because a free-thinking woman is a masochist, doncha know? Best way to rid a woman of an opinion is to beat it out of her.

Kuwaiti Scholar Jassem Al-Mutawa: Wife Beating in Islam Treats Women Suffering from Masochism MEMRI

Kuwaiti Scholar Jassem Al-Mutawa: Wife Beating in Islam Treats Women Suffering from Masochism

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Following are excerpts from a television show in which Saudi
scholar Jassem Al-Mutawa hosts Muhammad Al-Hajj, who is introduced as a
"professor of Islamic faith at the Jordanian University." This show
originally aired in 2002 on the Iqra TV channel, and was rebroadcast on
April 6, 2013 on an Iqra channel that targets European audiences and
broadcasts in French, English, and Arabic. Jassem Al-Mutawa is currently
president of Iqra TV.

Jassem Al-Mutawa (holding several long wooden rods in his hand):
Today, we will discuss imposing discipline in the family. Sometimes,
family disciplining is misunderstood, and therefore, in the modern era,
there is a lot of domestic violence, carried out by means of rods such
as these. As a result, marital relations disintegrate, leading to
instability and divorce. Family disciplining is a right of the husband
toward his wife, and vice versa.

[…]

There is a saying that goes: “the rod is for the disobedient.” What
do you think – is that true or false? This is a little rod. Let’s take
the big one, here. This is not a rod to be used on the disobedient. Now
let’s take a look together at this big rod here. Some husbands and wives
keep a rod like this at home. Someone once said to me: “I have a long
rod at home” – a rod just like this one – “and whenever my wife does
something wrong, look what I do to her with this rod.” So “a rod for the
disobedient” is not a correct notion. On the contrary, it destroys our
lives and our homes. We need to deal with our problems through dialogue
and mutual understanding.

[…]

With some wives, it helps to use harsh words, and with others, it
doesn’t. With some wives, it helps to talk calmly, using nice words.
With some – if you talk to them harshly, they become even more stubborn,
and the problem gets worse. With others, it is exactly the opposite –
if you talk to them calmly, they don’t get it and the problem gets
worse. So you cannot determine a law, such as: 1+1 =2.

[…]

Dr. Muhammad Al-Hajj, professor of Islamic faith at the Jordanian University:
A car cannot be driven by two people – only by one. Islam placed the
steering wheel of the family in the hands of the husband. Problems
within the family are dealt with in the Kuranic verse regarding
relationships: “Men are the guardians of women.” Allah says: “As for
those from whom you fear disobedience, admonish them, do not share their
bed, and beat them.”

[…]

The punishment is restricted to cases of rebellion, in which a family
life becomes a living hell. In such cases, in order to deal with the
problem of a rebellious wife… There must be a remedy for such a problem.
So, this progression [in punishment] has been determined: First, as
soon as the husband begins to fear disobedience – before actual
disobedience has even occurred – the stage of admonishment begins.

[…]

If she persists in her rebelliousness, one reaches the next stage –
which is refusing to share her bed, as a way of making her feel that I
am not pleased with her behavior. If she persists, and the husband gave
her another chance – and sometimes months or even years pass by, yet she
continues to be rebellious… The wisdom of Islam is manifest in the
existence of a further method: that of non-harsh beatings.

[…]

Jassem Al-Mutawa: What is the difference between the harsh and non-harsh beatings?

Dr. Muhammad Al-Hajj: Harsh beatings leave marks upon the body
or the face, and therefore, it has been decreed that one must not hit
the face. So one must not hit the face, and one must not administer
beatings that cause fractures or wounds. That is what our jurisprudents
have decreed in their writings.

[…]

I think it would be immoral to go so far as to say that a wife may
punish her husband by beating him, because this would be undermining the
authority of the husband. Islam has spared the wife the need to use her
hands to beat, in order to preserve her femininity, her honor, and her
moral values.

[…]

Jassem Al-Mutawa: Ibn Abbas wrote, in his exegesis, that the
husband should beat his wife with a handkerchief. Is it conceivable for a
man to beat his wife with a rod, like we saw at the beginning of the
show? No way. He must beat her with a handkerchief. The interpretation
of Ibn Abbas is, in fact, extreme. There are other scholars who claim
that he should beat her with a toothpick, because the point of beating
is not to take revenge upon her or to be mean to her. A husband who
beats out of revenge or meanness is committing a sin. The aim of the
beatings is to convey a message: Oh so-and-so, I’m not pleased with your
behavior. Start behaving yourself and be good. Otherwise, why would Ibn
Abbas have said we should beat with a handkerchief? Can you believe
such a thing?

Today, the Westerners criticize us about wife-beating in Islam, but
no [Muslim] woman has died as a result of her husband’s beating. And if
it does ever happen in our societies, it is considered very rare, and
all the newspapers talk about it. Meanwhile, according to the latest
U.N. statistics, from 1999-2000, every 12 seconds, a wife is beaten by
her husband in the U.S. in some cases, these beatings lead to the
woman’s death. When the Westerners criticize us about our issues, we
must be confident and talk about their own issues. Even though the Koran
[permits wife-beating], we have no cases of death resulting from it,
and if there have been any, it is rare. On the other hand, in the West,
they do not have the Koran or the Sunna, yet every 12 seconds, a woman
is beaten by her husband.

[…]

Islam takes into consideration woman’s mentality and biological
build. The woman is built weaker than the man. If Islam gave a woman the
right to beat her husband – by Allah, the husband would break her,
right? A woman cannot compete with her husband’s muscles. However,
Islam has given woman the right to have her husband beaten by someone
acting on her behalf. So the husband is beaten by another man, and the
battle is waged between two men, not between a man and a woman.
Therefore, if the husband humiliates his wife, the woman can turn to the
courts, and the judge will rule what the woman deserves. If the woman
wants her husband to be beaten – he will be, but he will be beaten by
court order. That way, the battle will be waged between the husband and
the courts, and not between the husband and the wife, within the
household.

[…]

We all know that some men suffer from a mental disorder known as
sadism, and that some woman suffer from a mental disorder known as
masochism. What is the cure for such disorders? Beatings. Such a woman
must be dealt with harshly. One of the jurisprudents even said that it
is possible that this verse was conveyed for those suffering from these
diseases. If a man is married to a woman suffering from sadism [sic]
– let him beat her. The beatings constitute treatment in her case. A
psychiatrist friend of mine once told me that sometimes people come to
him with marital problems, in which the woman suffers from that disease.
He advises the husband to beat her in a certain way, and the problem is
solved. The Koran deals with such problems. Brothers and sisters, there
is no need for concern. Our religion is glorious, and the verses of the
Koran impart absolute justice. They are not unjust toward either the
woman or the man, but we must learn how to apply the rulings of Islam.

[…]

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Walter Sieruk

10 years ago

What this Islamic scholar teaches just further proves that the statement made by Robert Spencer is valid and true in his book THEPOLITICILY INCORRECT GUIDE TO ISLAM. Which is “As long as men read and believe the Quran, women will be desipsed, second class citizens.” Likewise, the statement made by Brigitte Gabreil had thus also been proven to the valid and true by the the teachings ofthis Islamic scholar. For she exposed in her book THEY MUST BE STOPPED “Women in Islam are considered unclean, deemed inferior even to dirt.”

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kraftavilqa

10 years ago

I confess that occassionally I beat my wife with a handkerchief (a clean one of course not one with a rock or like that wrapped inside) when we’re being silly, then I will lash out with the hanky and she will go oww oww that’ll bruise you brute! Usually we have to leave it at that because our cats get anxious when we (even if it’s merely makebelieve) fight physically and we don’t want to upset the little dears.

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islamisdeath

10 years ago

How can anyone watch this and doubt that islam is of satan? This is OT but I ran across this verse and thought how prophetic!:
Jesus said, “And what I say to you I say to all: Keep awake.” Mark 13:37

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InfidelForLife

10 years ago

I know exactly what Jassem Al-Mutant can do with his sticks and broom handles. But I’m too polite.

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Rthuba

10 years ago

beating and honor killings is how you want to spend the 21st century.

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