On at least one occasion, Muhammad physically struck his wife Aisha for lying. This was in accordance with the Quran’s command to physically discipline rebellious wives: “Men are in charge of women, because Allah hath made the one of them to excel the other, and because they spend of their property (for the support of women). So good women are the obedient, guarding in secret that which Allah hath guarded. As for those from whom ye fear rebellion, admonish them and banish them to beds apart, and scourge them” (4:34 Pickthall).
