What is the ruling of Islamic law and what are the views of the jurisprudential schools of thought regarding how to deal with a disobedient wife (nashiz), what are the husband's rights resulting from that, what are the permissible levels of striking a disobedient wife and their consequences, and what is the optimal solution for such a problem?
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"Nushuz" refers to a wife's disobedience to her husband and her refusal to fulfill her marital obligations of obedience in what is lawful. The expressions of the jurists (fuqaha') agree on this meaning. Due to nushuz, a wife may lose her right to maintenance () and dwelling (sakan). A husband is permitted to discipline his rebellious wife through admonition, then by abandoning her in bed, and then by non-violent striking.
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