A book written by a “towering figure of Islamic revival and reawakening” for married Muslim men. It seems that the book has been selling like hotcakes in Toronto and has sold out at Islamic Gifts and Souvenirs. Get your copy now from ebay (free shipping) before it’s snapped up by other wife-beating enthusiasts.
I wouldn’t normally want to advertise a book like this, but it is clear that Hazrat Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanvi is a moderate Muslim, since he advises husbands to “refrain from beating [their wives] excessively” and only with a “hand or stick” rather than a metal pipe. And only following a little ear yanking foreplay.
From here:
TORONTO – A local bookstore has “sold out” of a controversial marriage guide that advises Muslim men on how to beat their wives.
The 160-page book, published by Idara Impex in New Delhi, India, is written by Hazrat Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanvi, who’s described in the book’s foreword as a “prolific writer on almost every topic of Islamic learning.”
The store’s manager, who didn’t give his name, said the book had been sold out for some time, and the store’s owner, whom the manager identified as Shamim Ahmad, refused to comment for the story.
It wasn’t clear whether the shop has ordered more copies of the book, but it’s available at online Islamic bookstores and even through eBay.
In the book’s opening pages, it is written that “it might be necessary to restrain her with strength or even to threaten her.”
Later, its author advises that “the husband should treat the wife with kindness and love, even if she tends to be stupid and slow sometimes.”
Page 45 contains the rights of the husband, which include his wife’s inability to leave “his house without his permission,” and that his wife must “fulfil his desires” and “not allow herself to be untidy … but should beautify herself for him … ”
In terms of physical punishment, the book advises that a husband may scold her, “beat by hand or stick,” withhold money from her or “pull (her) by the ears,” but should “refrain from beating her excessively.”
