REFUTING WIFE BEATING IN ISLAM

Qur'an (4:34) - "Men are the maintainers of women because Allah has made some of them to excel others and because they spend out of their property; the good women are therefore obedient, guarding the unseen as Allah has guarded; and (as to) those on whose part you fear desertion, admonish them, and leave them alone in the sleeping-places and beat them; then if they obey you, do not seek a way against them; surely Allah is High, Great."

EXPLNATION OF THE QURANIC VERSE: 
http://www.letmeturnthetables.com/2008/06/does-islam-allow-wife-beating.html

Muslim (4:2127) - Muhammad struck his favorite wife, Aisha, in the chest one evening when she left the house without his permission.  Aisha narrates, "He struck me on the chest which caused me pain."

EXPLANATION: http://www.letmeturnthetables.com/2008/06/does-islam-allow-wife-beating.html

Muslim (9:3506) - Muhammad's father-in-laws (Abu Bakr and Umar) amused him by slappinghis wives (Aisha and Hafsa) for annoying him.  According to the Hadith, the prophet of Islam laughed upon hearing this.

EXPLANTION: THIS IS ABU BAKR AND UMAR IBN KHATTABS DOING NOT THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD. SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE BLAMED ON ABU BAKR AND UMAR IBN KHATTAB NOT THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD. 

Abu Dawud (2141) - "Iyas bin ‘Abd Allah bin Abi Dhubab reported the Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him) as saying: Do not beat Allah’s handmaidens, but when ‘Umar came to the Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him) and said: Women have become emboldened towards their husbands, he (the Prophet) gave permission to beat them."  At first, Muhammad forbade men from beating their wives, but he rescinded this once it was reported that women were becoming emboldened toward their husbands.  Beatings are sometimes necessary to keep women in their place.

Abu Dawud (2142) - "The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: A man will not be asked as to why he beat his wife."

THIS IS A WEAK HADITH: http://www.letmeturnthetables.com/2008/06/does-islam-allow-wife-beating.html

Abu Dawud (2126) - "A man from the Ansar called Basrah said: 'I married a virgin woman in her veil. When I entered upon her, I found her pregnant. (I mentioned this to the Prophet).' The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: 'She will get the dower, for you made her vagina lawful for you. The child will be your slave. When she has begotten (a child), flog her'"  Dont think this narration is authentic. 

THIS HADITH HASN'T BEEN PROVEN TO BE AUTHENTIC, WEAK HADTIH 

Ibn Ishaq/Hisham 969 - Requires that a married woman be "put in a separate room and beaten lightly" if she "act in a sexual manner toward others."  According to the Hadith, this can be for an offense as petty as merely being alone with a man to whom she is not related.

Kash-shaf (the revealer) of al-Zamkhshari (Vol. 1, p. 525) - [Muhammad said] "Hang up your scourge where your wife can see it"

THESE COME FROM WEAK SOURCES, SO THEY AREN'T RELAIBLE, MUSLIM SCHOLARS DON'T ACCEPT THESE NARRATIONS. 

THE OTHER STATEMENTS ARE NOTHING BUT THE FALLACY OF APPEAL TO AUTHORITY. PROPHET MUHAMMAD IS OUR FINAL AUTHORITY AND HE SAID SEVERAL TIMES DONT WEAK YOUR WIVES, WOMEN: