disobedience to whom?
and disobedience in what sense? We address the former first. 2. Disobedience to Whom? A debate exists amongst the jurists as to whom the wife’s disobedience of the “Discipline Passage” refers—disobedience to the husband or disobedience to God alone. This difference of opinion arises from the fact that the passage does not explicitly indicate to whom obedience is due, leaving scholars to infer this through recognized juridical sources and established methods of interpretation. Traditional jurists typically hold the majority opinion that disobedience here is to the husband while more contemporary jurists often support the minority opinion that disobedience is to God alone. It is important to note that disobedience to the Prophet is tantamount to disobedience to God and we shall use the latter to include the former. a. Disobedience to the Husband The traditionalist focus of the disobedience as to the husband emerges from the divine status of qawaam (discussed earlier) given to men with re
