Salam alaikom
I just watched a Jordanian show on the satetlite that featured a blind man teaching the Quran to a young boy who was unable to recite a certain verse, all I know that he had a lisp and could not pronounce a verse that started with "Alem nasher". After the blind man noticed this , he pulled out a sword and beat the boy even as he was crying. I was asking myself how could they make a drama out of such a horrific thing, at the same time wanting to ask my mom if this was "harem". She said "no.". I feel very disturbed that one would be beaten for an incapability to recite a holy book and I'm having mixed feelings. I'm writing here for the re-assurance that beating a young boy for an incapability is NOT halal.
I just watched a Jordanian show on the satetlite that featured a blind man teaching the Quran to a young boy who was unable to recite a certain verse, all I know that he had a lisp and could not pronounce a verse that started with "Alem nasher". After the blind man noticed this , he pulled out a sword and beat the boy even as he was crying. I was asking myself how could they make a drama out of such a horrific thing, at the same time wanting to ask my mom if this was "harem". She said "no.". I feel very disturbed that one would be beaten for an incapability to recite a holy book and I'm having mixed feelings. I'm writing here for the re-assurance that beating a young boy for an incapability is NOT halal.