Walaal, you blatantly bullshitted about my posts. Where did I go that sexual abuse in the semantic sense cannot happen in marriage? Did I not previously use the semantic meaning of 'rape' to describe a husband forcing himself upon his wife? If you are going to accuse me of shit which ain't true, back it up or own up to your slander.
Rape comes under sexual abuse, any accusation of sexual abuse will have to meet the legal requirements in Sharia Law hence my argument that it is not necessarily legally enforceable on a husband.
Sexual abuse is simply to abuse someone in a sexual manner and that is a form of harm. My question is, do you honestly believe that a man that forces himself on his wife and uses violence cannot be punished if she petitioned in court?
As a matter of fact I made the argument that she can seek redress in the Courts for spousal abuse but not necessarily for sexual abuse in the form of rape etc. because there is no scope for it in the Sharia.
Spousal abuse comes in many forms, physical, emotional and sexual. Why would she not be able to tell the courts what type of abuse is going on and where do you get that proof she can’t.
What you are choosing to ignore in this debate is that the conscience of the average unknowledgeable Westernised or Semi-Westernised Muslim woman raised in the West does not allow them to accept that Sharia Law does not punish husbands for raping their wife under the Zina rules
The husband will not be punished by death or lashing which is the usual punishment for zina, but she can take him to court for abusing her and you make it seem that abusing your wife sexually is allowed or it is something he can get away with
hence the cognitive dissonance, or rejection of Sharia in extreme cases where they feel completely turned off by the whole legal apparatus.
What turns women off is the belief that a man can or get away with sexually abusing his wife and using the angels will curse you Hadith as justification.
For example, do you think they will find it palatable that a husband will just have to financially compensate their wife for raping her because the Zina punishment is not applicable to them if it falls under a form of domestic abuse involving the use of violence?
How do you know that the husband will Simply have to financially
I will ask you again, what is the legal ruling regarding 'sexual assaults' in marriage as you put it? What are the legal precedents during inherited from the classical scholars? What is the burden of proof?
It comes under the harm principle. Classical scholars don’t even use terms such as emotional abuse ect but we call know that name calling and talking vile towards one’s spouse is clearly haram and a woman will be able to approach a qadi.
Anyways, read this and this is what I’ve been saying the whole time, yet you refuse to
If the husband used violence to force his wife she can go to court and file a complaint against him to get punished. The woman also has the right to refuse to engage in sexual relationship with her husband if he has a contagious disease or use violence which hurts her body during the sexual intercourse.
www.dar-alifta.org
Nevertheless, forced sexual intercourse within marriage falls under another prohibited legal category in Islamic law: harming the wife. The classical scholars upheld the fundamental right of a wife to be free from harm. If a man forces his wife into sexual intercourse against her will, he can only do so by harming her and this makes his action unlawful. Marital rape, then, is more properly understood as an issue of domestic violence, an issue that was well-known to Muslim jurists since the time of the Prophet until today and for which we have ample Nevertheless, forced sexual intercourse within marriage falls under another prohibited legal category in Islamic law: harming the wife. The classical scholars upheld the fundamental right of a wife to be free from harm. If a man forces his wife into sexual intercourse against her will, he can only do so by harming her and this makes his action unlawful. Marital rape, then, is more properly understood as an issue of domestic violence, an issue that was well-known to Muslim jurists since the time of the Prophet until today and for which we have ample precedent.
www.abuaminaelias.com