# Quran 4:34: Did the Islamic Tradition Allow Domestic Violence? | Real Talk Season 2 | Dr. Tesneem Alkiek and Cadar Mohamud

**Author:** Dr. Tesneem Alkiek
**Series:** Real Talk Series
**Published:** 2026-10-08
**YouTube:** https://youtu.be/LwoMhQ0EKIo
**URL:** https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/real-talk-series/quran-4-34-did-the-islamic-tradition-allow-domestic-violence-real-talk-season-2-dr-tesneem-alkiek-and-cadar-mohamud-2
**Topics:** Allah, Faith, Family & Community, Marriage

## Description
"The angels curse her until morning." Yaqeen scholar Dr. Tesneem Alkiek and host Cadar Mohamud discuss a hadith that has been used to make Muslim women feel that intimacy is a debt they owe rather than something mutually built. Dr. Alkiek reads the narration alongside the tradition's own record of...

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