Tabari IX:113: "Allah permits you to shut them (women) in separate rooms and to beat them, but not severely. If they abstain, they have the right to food and clothing. Treat women well for they are like domestic animals and they possess nothing themselves. Allah has made the enjoyment of their bodies lawful in his Quran."
QURAN 4:34 - 'Men have authority over women because God has made the one superior to the other, and because they spend their wealth to maintain them. Good women are obedient'
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