An Arab husband complains of being repeatedly assaulted by his wife

Imprisonment and fine are the penalty for mutual beating between spouses

Dr. Youssef Al-Sharif: "The aggrieved husband can file a report about the incident of his wife beating him."

Legal advisor Dr. Youssef Al-Sharif warned against the penalty of reciprocal beating between spouses, as his punishment reaches a fine and imprisonment, depending on whether the act constitutes a misdemeanor or a felony according to the duration of treatment of the injury and whether or not the injury has left behind a disability.

He stated that there were cases in which men were victims of beating and abuse by their wives, stressing that marital life could not be straightened in light of quarrels that amount to beating.

He pointed out that the battered husband has the right to request divorce, and in such cases, the husband is affected by the divorce, so it is permissible for him to file a case for divorce, because the wife does not deserve legal rights, as she is the cause of the divorce, and harms the husband.

In the 13th episode of the program "In Our Life, a Story", presented by Dr. Youssef Al-Sharif, "Emirates Today" presented the story of an Arab husband who complains of being repeatedly assaulted by his wife who works as a school of physical education, as his love for her prevents him from divorcing her.

He says that “his wife has many participations in sports tournaments, in the field of karate, and when a problem occurs among us in many homes, we try to solve it through dialogue, but the problem is that my wife is very stubborn,” adding that she hits him with a box on the face, and this has become Usually with my wife, as we disagree, she hits me, but on my side I refrain from hitting her and I do not want to release her because of my love for her, and I do not want my son to grow up far from me.

Al-Sharif said that from the legal point of view, the injured spouse can go to the relevant police station to open a report about the beating incident, where the injured will be transferred to the hospital, to sign a medical examination, to determine the injury, its type, and its duration, and determine whether the act constitutes a misdemeanor, or a felony, and the duration Treatment of the injury, and whether or not he left the injury with a disability, and in light of the ruling, in the criminal case, compensation may be claimed for any material and moral damages that may have been caused to the victim as a result of that injury.

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