Quran 4:34 – Beating The Wife
Sir my issue with this option being mentioned explicitly in the Qur’an is that it seems to go against a principle of our Deen which is to prohibit things because they may lead to something which is prohibited (sadd e zaria). By allowing the husband to beat his wife, isn’t the Qur’an opening the way for violent beating no matter the intension of Allah being to save the marriage? Isn’t this a 180° deviation from the principle of sadd e zaria whereby certain acts are prohibited not because they’re wrong on their own, but because they can lead to something which is wrong?