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Adnan Oktar
(Harun Yahya)

Assets Given to Women Must Not Be Taken back af-
ter Divorce

Our Almighty Lord has revealed in verses that in the event of di-

vorce the man must not take back anything he gave his wife
while they were married:

If you desire to exchange one wife for an-
other and have given your original wife a

large amount, do not take any of it. Would

you take it by means of slander and outright
crime? How could you take it when you have

been intimate with one another and they have

made a binding contract with you?"
(Qur'an, 4:20-21)

... It is not lawful for you to keep anything
you have given them... (Qur'an, 2:229)

God reminds men in these verses that by marrying women they

have promised to take care of them; He reveals that because of that
promise they have no right to demand anything back, even if they
have given women "a large amount." A Muslim who abides by the
Qur'an will know that this is a promise made to God, and will there-
fore discharge his responsibility in the finest way. In the verse "It is

not lawful for you to keep anything you have given them," God
clearly prohibits any other course of behavior.

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