Question:
AsSalaamualaikum,
There is a wife who is in the habit of hitting her husband. Tf he decides to give her the cold shoulder and explains he won’t be speaking to her it has happened that she will try to compel him physically to talk to her. Now if she fails to do this in a playful manner then and he is still refusing to talk then she may slap him, etc. In this scenario or other similitude’s is it permissible for him to slap her back if she fails to stop after being told verbally to stop responding physically.
JazaakALLAH
Answer:
Alaykum Salam,
No. Let him walk out from the start.
Hajj Gibril Haddad
