{"id":12502,"date":"2026-02-03T00:37:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T00:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imuslim.us\/?p=12502"},"modified":"2026-02-03T00:37:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T00:37:18","slug":"does-islam-instruct-men-to-beat-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imuslim.us\/?p=12502","title":{"rendered":"Does Islam Instruct Men to Beat Women?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>By Editorial Staff<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.the-faith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Does-Islam-Instruct-Men-to-Beat-Women.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-11493\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.the-faith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Does-Islam-Instruct-Men-to-Beat-Women-300x200.jpg?resize=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Does Islam Instruct Men to Beat Women?\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-faith.com\/featured-posts\/what-does-islam-give-women\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Does Islamic law oppress women?<\/a> Islam is a misogynistic religion that oppresses women. It is one of the most common accusations leveled against the faith, but it is rife with misconceptions and misrepresentations of Islamic law.<\/p>\n<p>A quick delve into a contextual understanding of women&#8217;s treatment in Islamic law will give us much-needed nuance to counter this claim.<\/p>\n<p>Here is one of the most common misrepresentations about the treatment of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-faith.com\/muslim-lifestyle\/women-in-islam\/the-status-of-women-in-islam-part-1-introduction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">women in Islam<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Does Islam instruct men to beat women?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Watch this short video to know the answer to this misconception:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Does Islam instruct men to beat women?\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4WbEul3whOg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><em>Source:<\/em><\/strong> <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC3vHW2h22WE-pNi5WJtRIjg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more on this topic, read this paper: <a href=\"https:\/\/yaqeeninstitute.org\/nazir-khan\/women-in-islamic-law-examining-five-prevalent-myths\/#.Xgiuikf7TIV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/yaqeeninstitute.org\/nazir-khan\/women-in-islamic-law-examining-five-prevalent-myths\/#.Xgiuikf7TIV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you have a question about Islam and Muslims, please feel free to have a one-to-one live chat with us:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Website:<\/strong><\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/ww.chatonfaith.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.chatonfaith.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Facebook:<\/strong> <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ChatOnFaith\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ChatOnFaith\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Twitter:<\/strong><\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChatOnFaith\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChatOnFaith<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Instagram:<\/strong> <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/chataboutfaith\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/chataboutfaith\/<\/a><a href='https:\/\/www.the-faith.com\/does-islam-instruct-men-to-beat-women\/' target='_blank'>Soucre Link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Does Islam instruct men to beat women?<br \/>\nWatch this short video to know the answer to this misconception:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12505,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2404,7907],"tags":[7908,7909,9,75,3200,5523,7911],"class_list":["post-12502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-faith","category-women-in-islam","tag-does-islam-instruct-men-to-beat-women","tag-does-islamic-law-oppress-women","tag-featured","tag-international-womens-day","tag-march-8","tag-status-of-women-in-islam","tag-women-rights-in-islam"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/imuslim.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Does-Islam-Instruct-Men-to-Beat-Women-.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imuslim.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imuslim.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imuslim.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imuslim.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imuslim.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/imuslim.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12502\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imuslim.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imuslim.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imuslim.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imuslim.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}