Explanation of the Quranic Verse: {And forsake them in bed} ({واھجروھن فی المضاجع}

Hazrat Mujahid (may Allah have mercy on him), in the commentary of the verse { وَاہْجُرُوہُنَّ فِی الْمَضَاجِعِ } of the Holy Qur'an, says: "Do not go near them."

Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him) and Hazrat Sha’bi (may Allah have mercy on him), in the commentary of the verse of the Holy Qur’an { وَاہْجُرُوہُنَّ فِی الْمَضَاجِعِ }, say that do not lie with them.

Hazrat Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), in the explanation of the verse of the Holy Qur'an { وَاہْجُرُوہُنَّ فِی الْمَضَاجِعِ }, says that when a woman obeys a man in lying down, then he cannot beat her.

Hazrat Ikrimah (may Allah have mercy on him) and Hazrat Muqassim (may Allah have mercy on him) were asked about the interpretation of the verse of the Holy Qur'an { وَاہْجُرُوہُنَّ فِی الْمَضَاجِعِ وَاضْرِبُوہُنَّ }. Hazrat Muqassim (may Allah have mercy on him) said that "hajr" in "mudja'" means not to go near her bed, and Hazrat Ikrimah (may Allah have mercy on him) said that it means not to speak to her. As for { واضْرِبُوہُنَّ }, both said that it means such a beating that does not cause injury.

18555 - And ‘Ikrimah said: It is speech.

18556 - (And they both said) (1) together: {And strike them} : (the striking) (2) not severe.

Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him) says in the commentary of the verse { واضْرِبُوہُنَّ } of the Holy Qur'an that what is meant is such a beating that does not cause injury.