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If any of your wives rejoin the disbelievers, you do the suckling for you. (65:6)
should have compensation. So repay to those He who has plenty should spend out from his
whose wives have gone the dowry they paid out. plenty, but he whose provision is restricted
Have fear of Allah–Him in Whom you believe. should spend from what Allah has given him.
(60:11) Allah does not demand from any self more than
O Prophet! When women who believe come to He has given it. Allah will appoint after difficulty,
you pledging allegiance to you on the grounds ease. (65:7)
that they will not associate anything with Allah O Prophet! Why do you make forbidden what
or steal or fornicate or kill their children or give a Allah has made lawful for you, seeking to please
false ascription of paternity–making up lies about your wives? Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most
their bodies–or disobey you in respect of any- Merciful. (66:1)
thing right, then accept their pledge and ask for- The Prophet confided a certain matter to one of
giveness for them. Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most his wives, then when she divulged it Allah dis-
Merciful. (60:12) closed that to him, and he communicated part of
O Prophet! When any of you divorce women, di- it and withheld part of it. When he told her of it,
vorce them during their period of purity and cal- she said, ‘Who told you of this?’ He said, ‘The
culate their waiting period carefully. And have All-Knowing and All-Aware informed me of it.’
fear of Allah, your Lord. Do not evict them from (66:3)
their homes, nor should they leave, unless they If the two of you (Prophet’s wives) would only
commit an outright indecency. Those are Allah’s turn to Allah, for your hearts clearly deviated...
limits, and anyone who oversteps Allah’s limits But if you support one another against him, Allah
has wronged himself. You never know, it may is his Protector and so are Gabriel and every
well be that after that Allah will cause a new sit- right-acting man of the believers and, further-
uation to develop. (65:1) more, the angels too will come to his support.
Then when they have reached the end of their (66:4)
waiting period either retain them with correct- It may be that if he does divorce you, his Lord
ness and courtesy or part from them with correct- will give him in exchange better wives than you:
ness and courtesy. Call two upright men from Muslim women, believing women, obedient
among yourselves as witnesses and they should women, penitent women, women who worship,
carry out the witnessing for Allah. This is admon- women who fast much–previously married
ishment for all who believe in Allah and the Last women as well as virgins. (66:5)
Day. Whoever has fear of Allah–He will give him Allah has made an example for those who disbe-
a way out. (65:2) lieve: the wife of Nuh and the wife of Lut. They
In the case of those of your wives who are past were married to two of Our servants who were
the age of menstruation, if you have any doubt, righteous but they betrayed them and were not
their waiting period should be three months, and helped at all against Allah. They were told, ‘Enter
that also applies to those who have not yet men- the Fire along with all who enter it.’ (66:10)
struated. The time for women who are pregnant Allah has made an example for those who be-
is when they give birth. Whoever has fear of lieve: the wife of Pharaoh when she said, ‘My
Allah–He will make matters easy for him. (65:4) Lord, build a house in the Garden for me in Your
Let them live where you live, according to your presence and rescue me from Pharaoh and his
means. Do not put pressure on them, so as to ha- deeds and rescue me from this wrongdoing peo-
rass them. If they are pregnant, maintain them ple.’ (66:11)
until they give birth. If they are suckling for you, And Maryam, the daughter of ‘Imran, who
give them their wages and consult together with guarded her chastity–We breathed Our Spirit into
correctness and courtesy. But if you make things her and she confirmed the Words of her Lord and
difficult for one another, another woman should His Book and was one of the obedient. (66:12)
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