MEMRI News – Shiite Imam Bassem Al-Sheraa taught at Az-Zahraa Islamic Center, Detroit, that when the Quran refers to beating one’s wife, it is a beating that does not cause pain, and that it should be done using a sewak dental twig.
He explained the purpose of the beating is to remind the wife that she misbehaved, and it is only to be done when verbal admonishment and forsaking her in bed have been ineffective in getting her to change her ways.
Al-Sheraa compared the beating to slapping the hand of a child when he reaches to touch an electrical socket. The video uploaded to the Islamic Center’s YouTube channel May 27, 2019.
