A Wife’s Defiance When She Is with Her Son

Answer—with Allah’s help: What is due from the son toward his father is that he exert his utmost to persuade his mother to return—admonishing her, instilling fear of Allah, reminding her of the husband’s rights—and to exhaust his efforts in that. But threatening or striking is not permissible, for Allah commanded excellence toward the parents and repeated and emphasized this in the Qur’an, and He commanded the child to accompany his parents with kindness. Threatening, intimidation, and striking them contradict that.
Source: Min Thimār al-ʿIlm wa al-Ḥikmah vol.1