A man disciplining his wife

Urwah said: Sayyiduna al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) was very strict with women, and he would break clothes-drying sticks on them.

Imam al-Zuhri said: Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) used to beat women and servants.

Ata reports that Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Do not beat your servant; beat your wife and children."

Yahya bin Sa'id said that al-Qasim stated: Indeed, men were forbidden from beating women, and it was said: "The best of you will never beat."

Al-Qasim said: And the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was the best of them; he did not beat.

Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) never beat a servant nor a woman, and he did not strike with his own hand either.

Sayyiduna Laqit bin Sabirah (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Never beat your wives as you beat your slave-women."

Maymun bin Abi Shabib said that Sayyiduna Ammar (may Allah be pleased with him) stated: "Whoever wrongfully beats his slave, retaliation will be taken from him for it."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Zam'ah (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) delivered a sermon, then mentioned women and gave admonition and counsel concerning them, and he said: "Why does one of you beat his wife as slave-women are beaten, when perhaps he will lie with her in the last part of the day?"