[ck1986]

“O Muslims! I advise you to be gentle with women, for they are created from a rib, and the most crooked portion of the rib is its upper part. If you try to straighten it, it will break, and if you leave it, it will remain crooked; so I urge you to take care of the women.” (Saheeh Al-Bukhari

 

[Insaanah]

These topics have already been previously discussed ad nauseum and clarified. You may find it helpful to use the search feature before posting a question, as chances it's already been answered in many threads before.

See the links in this post, under the heading Wife Beating:

http://www.islamicboard.com/clarifi...4-new-index-useful-threads-2.html#post1550563

Once you've read all the links under the wife beating heading, if there any questions still remaining, then do ask.