The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Do not strike the female servants of Allah."Then the women became emboldened and began behaving badly toward their husbands. So Umar bin al-Khattab said, "The women have grown bold and behave badly toward their husbands ever since you forbade striking them."The Prophet then said, "Strike them."That night the men struck their wives, and many women came complaining of the beatings. When morning came, the Prophet ﷺ said, "Tonight seventy women have come around the family of Muhammad, all complaining of being struck. By Allah, you will not find those men to be the best among you."
قال رسول الله ﷺ لا تضربوا إماء الله قال: فذئر النساء، وساءت أخلاقهن على أزواجهن، فقال عمر ابن الخطاب: ذئر النساء، وساءت أخلاقهن على أزواجهن منذ نهيت عن ضربهن، فقال النبي فاضربوا فضرب الناس نساءهم تلك الليلة، فأتى نساء كثير يشتكين الضرب، فقال النبي ﷺ حين أصبح: لقد طاف بآل محمد الليلة سبعون امرأة كلهن يشتكين الضرب، وأيم الله لا تجدون أولئك خياركم.
It was narrated by Abu Dawud (2145) and Ibn Majah (1985), and Ibn Hibban (4189), Hakim (2/191188), and Bayhaqi (7/304) graded it sahih, all of them from the hadith of Sufyan bin Uyayna, from Zuhri, from Abdullah bin Abdullah bin Umar bin Khattab, from Iyas bin Abu Dhubab, who mentioned it.There is disagreement about whether Iyas bin Abu Dhubab was a companion, and the more correct view is that he did have companionship with the Prophet. For this reason, Hafiz gave him a biography in the first section of al-Isabah, and he quoted from Ibn Hibban a contradictory statement, namely his saying, "It is said that he had companionship," then he mentioned him again among the Followers and said, "It is not established to me that he had companionship."Likewise, it was quoted from Bukhari that he said, "We do not know of any companionship for him." However, Ibn Abu Hatim said, "A man of Madinah who had companionship. I heard my father and Abu Zura saying that." Their statement takes precedence because of the additional knowledge it contains.