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Abu Dawood: Hadith 2146

12. Marriage (Kitab Al-Nikah)

سنن أبي داود

12/709 Chapter:

Regarding Hitting Women

باب فِي ضَرْبِ النِّسَاءِ

2146
Abu Dawood
Hasan (Al-Albani)
حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي حُرَّةَ الرَّقَاشِيِّ، عَنْ عَمِّهِ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏‏ فَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ نُشُوزَهُنَّ فَاهْجُرُوهُنَّ فِي الْمَضَاجِعِ ‏"‏ ‏‏ قَالَ حَمَّادٌ يَعْنِي النِّكَاحَ ‏‏
Abu Harrah Al Ruqashi reported on the authority of his uncle" The Prophet (ﷺ) said "If you fear the recalcitrance abandon them in their beds."

The narrator Hammad said "By abandonment he meant abandonment of intercourse."
Reference: Sunan Abi Dawud 2145
In-book : Book 12, Hadith 100
English translation : Book 11, Hadith 2140