[5] ‘Striking with the Green branch’ is the Punishment for Immorality...
[5] ‘Striking with the Green branch’ is the Punishment for Immorality: The critics of Islam, go a further step and quote a Holy Verse (38:44) that a husband can beat his wife with a green branch but this is completely unrelated Verse and falsely ascribed to husband and wife interactions but rather Verse establishes the punishment for the immoral acts between unwell persons, as per its interpretation from Ahadith.
وَخُذْ بِيَدِكَ ضِغْثًا فَاضْرِبْ بِهِ وَلَا تَحْنَثْ ۗ إِنَّا وَجَدْنَاهُ صَابِرًا ۚ نِعْمَ الْعَبْدُ ۖ إِنَّهُ أَوَّابٌ {4438:} (We Said): “And take a green branch in your hand and strike with it and do not break your oath!” We Found him to be patient, the excellent servant.
He was penitent [38:44] مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ وَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ بَزِيعٍ عَنْ حَنَانِ بْنِ سَدِيرٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ عَبَّادٍ الْمَكِّيِّ قَالَ قَالَ لِي سُفْيَانُ الثَّوْرِيُّ إِنِّي أَرَى لَكَ مِنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) مَنْزِلَةً فَسَلْهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ زَنَى وَ هُوَ مَرِيضٌ إِنْ أُقِيمَ عَلَيْهِ الْحَدُّ مَاتَ مَا تَقُولُ فِيهِ فَسَأَلْتُهُ فَقَالَ هَذِهِ الْمَسْأَلَةُ مِنْ تِلْقَاءِ نَفْسِكَ أَوْ قَالَ لَكَ إِنْسَانٌ أَنْ تَسْأَلَنِي عَنْهَا فَقُلْتُ سُفْيَانُ الثَّوْرِيُّ سَأَلَنِي أَنْ أَسْأَلَكَ Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Ibn Mahboub and Muhammad Bin Ismail Bin Bazie, from Hanan Bin Sudeyr, from Yahya Bin Abbad Al Makky who said, ‘Sufyan said to me, ‘I see for you having a status from Abu Abdullah -asws , so ask him ‑asws about a man who commits adultery and he is sick.
If the Legal penalty ( Hadd ) were to be established upon him, he would die. What are you -asws saying with regards to it?’ So I asked him -asws , so he -asws said: ‘Is this from yourself or a person told you to ask me -asws about it?’ So I said, ‘Sufyan Al-Sowry asked me that I should ask you -asws ’.
فَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) أُتِيَ بِرَجُلٍ احْتَبَنَ مُسْتَسْقِيَ الْبَطْنِ قَدْ بَدَتْ عُرُوقُ فَخِذَيْهِ وَ قَدْ زَنَى بِامْرَأَةٍ مَرِيضَةٍ فَأَمَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) بِعِذْقٍ فِيهِ مِائَةُ شِمْرَاخٍ فَضُرِبَ بِهِ الرَّجُلُ ضَرْبَةً وَ ضُرِبَتْ بِهِ الْمَرْأَةُ ضَرْبَةً ثُمَّ خَلَّى سَبِيلَهُمَا ثُمَّ قَرَأَ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ وَ خُذْ بِيَدِكَ ضِغْثاً فَاضْرِبْ بِهِ وَ لا تَحْنَثْ .
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