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Bigotry:
The Dark Danger

As seen in these verses, a rich person or someone of much more
limited means both have a responsibility to protect the wives they
have divorced. Even if they never see that person again for the rest of
their lives, even if they have no more material or psychological ex-
pectations from them, they still have a responsibility to place them
under financial protection and treat them with kindness. Almighty

God reveals that ensuring women's material security must
also be done sincerely, willingly and with a good grace:

Give women their dowry with a good

heart. But if they are happy to give you

some of it, make use of it with pleasure
and goodwill. (Qur'an, 4:4)

There are verses of the Qur'an that
impose the duty to guarantee the fi-
nancial security of a divorced
woman. Even if he has divorced
her, a man has a responsibility to
protect and take care of her until
the end of her life, even if she has
no need of that.

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