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Men are in charge of, they have authority over, women, disciplining them and keeping them in check, because of that with which Allahu ta’ālā has preferred the one over the other, that is, because Allahu ta’ālā has given them the advantage over women, in knowledge, reason, authority and otherwise, and because of what they expend, on them [the women], of their property. Therefore righteous women, among them, are obedient, to their husbands, guarding in the unseen, that is, [guarding] their private parts and otherwise during their spouses' absence, because of what Allahu ta’ālā has guarded, for them, when He enjoined their male spouses to look after them well. And those you fear may be rebellious, disobedient to you, when such signs appear, admonish them, make them fear Allahu ta’ālā, and share not beds with them, retire to other beds if they manifest such disobedience, and strike them, but not violently, if they refuse to desist [from their rebellion] after leaving them [in separate beds]. If they then obey you, in what is desired from them, do not seek a way against them, a reason to strike them unjustly. Allahu ta’ālā is ever High, Great, so beware of Him, lest He punish you for treating them unjustly.