Cited as the Quranic basis said to justify wife-beating, with the speakers claiming the hadith evidence shows how the verse was applied in practice.
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Quran 4:34
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34 Men are the managers of the affairs of women for that God has preferred in bounty one of them over another, and for that they have expended of their property. Righteous women are therefore obedient, guarding the secret for God's guarding. And those you fear may be rebellious admonish; banish them to their couches, and beat them. If they then obey you, look not for any way against them; God is All-high, All-great.
Explicitly cited near the end as part of a moral critique of Islam, used to argue that Muhammad's religion permits wife-beating.
The host sarcastically invoked this verse while joking that viewers should 'smash' the like button the way the verse describes dealing with a wife when disobedience is feared.
Cited at the opening as a recognizable Quran verse about fearing a wife's disobedience; it was used jokingly while telling viewers to hit the like button, trading on the verse's notoriety.
The host paraphrased this verse's common use in discussions of polygyny and wife-discipline as part of a joke about taking a second wife and being struck 'lightly.'