WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.200 In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful. 00:00:05.169 --> 00:00:08.050 The Summary of Tafsir al-Tabari, 00:00:08.589 --> 00:00:12.750 Abridged by Dr. 'Aqil ibn Salim al-Shammari. 00:00:13.919 --> 00:00:16.000 Surah al-Baqarah. 00:00:17.839 --> 00:00:22.800 In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful. 00:00:23.390 --> 00:00:29.870 "Mothers may breastfeed their children two complete years..." 00:00:29.870 --> 00:00:34.429 “Mothers shall suckle their children for two whole years; (that is) for those who wish to complete the suckling. The duty of feeding and clothing nursing mothers in a seemly manner is upon the father of the child. No-one should be charged beyond his capacity. A mother should not be made to suffer because of her child, nor should he to whom the child is born (be made to suffer) because of his child. And on the (father's) heir is incumbent the like of that (which was incumbent on the father). If they desire to wean the child by mutual consent and (after) consultation, it is no sin for them; and if ye wish to give your children out to nurse, it is no sin for you, provide that ye pay what is due from you in kindness. Observe your duty to Allah, and know that Allah is Seer of what ye do.” (2:233) 00:00:34.750 --> 00:00:42.750 “Mothers shall suckle their children for two whole years; (that is) for those who wish to complete the suckling. The duty of feeding and clothing nursing mothers in a seemly manner is upon the father of the child. No-one should be charged beyond his capacity. A mother should not be made to suffer because of her child, nor should he to whom the child is born (be made to suffer) because of his child. And on the (father's) heir is incumbent the like of that (which was incumbent on the father). If they desire to wean the child by mutual consent and (after) consultation, it is no sin for them; and if ye wish to give your children out to nurse, it is no sin for you, provide that ye pay what is due from you in kindness. Observe your duty to Allah, and know that Allah is Seer of what ye do.” (2:233) 00:00:43.070 --> 00:00:47.469 “Mothers shall suckle their children for two whole years; (that is) for those who wish to complete the suckling. The duty of feeding and clothing nursing mothers in a seemly manner is upon the father of the child. No-one should be charged beyond his capacity. A mother should not be made to suffer because of her child, nor should he to whom the child is born (be made to suffer) because of his child. And on the (father's) heir is incumbent the like of that (which was incumbent on the father). If they desire to wean the child by mutual consent and (after) consultation, it is no sin for them; and if ye wish to give your children out to nurse, it is no sin for you, provide that ye pay what is due from you in kindness. Observe your duty to Allah, and know that Allah is Seer of what ye do.” (2:233) 00:00:47.789 --> 00:00:54.140 “Mothers shall suckle their children for two whole years; (that is) for those who wish to complete the suckling. The duty of feeding and clothing nursing mothers in a seemly manner is upon the father of the child. No-one should be charged beyond his capacity. A mother should not be made to suffer because of her child, nor should he to whom the child is born (be made to suffer) because of his child. And on the (father's) heir is incumbent the like of that (which was incumbent on the father). If they desire to wean the child by mutual consent and (after) consultation, it is no sin for them; and if ye wish to give your children out to nurse, it is no sin for you, provide that ye pay what is due from you in kindness. Observe your duty to Allah, and know that Allah is Seer of what ye do.” (2:233) 00:00:54.140 --> 00:00:57.340 “Mothers shall suckle their children for two whole years; (that is) for those who wish to complete the suckling. The duty of feeding and clothing nursing mothers in a seemly manner is upon the father of the child. No-one should be charged beyond his capacity. A mother should not be made to suffer because of her child, nor should he to whom the child is born (be made to suffer) because of his child. And on the (father's) heir is incumbent the like of that (which was incumbent on the father). If they desire to wean the child by mutual consent and (after) consultation, it is no sin for them; and if ye wish to give your children out to nurse, it is no sin for you, provide that ye pay what is due from you in kindness. Observe your duty to Allah, and know that Allah is Seer of what ye do.” (2:233) 00:00:57.579 --> 00:01:00.539 “Mothers shall suckle their children for two whole years; (that is) for those who wish to complete the suckling. The duty of feeding and clothing nursing mothers in a seemly manner is upon the father of the child. No-one should be charged beyond his capacity. A mother should not be made to suffer because of her child, nor should he to whom the child is born (be made to suffer) because of his child. And on the (father's) heir is incumbent the like of that (which was incumbent on the father). If they desire to wean the child by mutual consent and (after) consultation, it is no sin for them; and if ye wish to give your children out to nurse, it is no sin for you, provide that ye pay what is due from you in kindness. Observe your duty to Allah, and know that Allah is Seer of what ye do.” (2:233) 00:01:00.859 --> 00:01:11.180 “Mothers shall suckle their children for two whole years; (that is) for those who wish to complete the suckling. The duty of feeding and clothing nursing mothers in a seemly manner is upon the father of the child. No-one should be charged beyond his capacity. A mother should not be made to suffer because of her child, nor should he to whom the child is born (be made to suffer) because of his child. And on the (father's) heir is incumbent the like of that (which was incumbent on the father). If they desire to wean the child by mutual consent and (after) consultation, it is no sin for them; and if ye wish to give your children out to nurse, it is no sin for you, provide that ye pay what is due from you in kindness. Observe your duty to Allah, and know that Allah is Seer of what ye do.” (2:233) 00:01:11.500 --> 00:01:19.900 “Mothers shall suckle their children for two whole years; (that is) for those who wish to complete the suckling. The duty of feeding and clothing nursing mothers in a seemly manner is upon the father of the child. No-one should be charged beyond his capacity. A mother should not be made to suffer because of her child, nor should he to whom the child is born (be made to suffer) because of his child. And on the (father's) heir is incumbent the like of that (which was incumbent on the father). If they desire to wean the child by mutual consent and (after) consultation, it is no sin for them; and if ye wish to give your children out to nurse, it is no sin for you, provide that ye pay what is due from you in kindness. Observe your duty to Allah, and know that Allah is Seer of what ye do.” (2:233) 00:01:20.219 --> 00:01:27.019 “Mothers shall suckle their children for two whole years; (that is) for those who wish to complete the suckling. The duty of feeding and clothing nursing mothers in a seemly manner is upon the father of the child. No-one should be charged beyond his capacity. A mother should not be made to suffer because of her child, nor should he to whom the child is born (be made to suffer) because of his child. And on the (father's) heir is incumbent the like of that (which was incumbent on the father). If they desire to wean the child by mutual consent and (after) consultation, it is no sin for them; and if ye wish to give your children out to nurse, it is no sin for you, provide that ye pay what is due from you in kindness. Observe your duty to Allah, and know that Allah is Seer of what ye do.” (2:233) 00:01:27.340 --> 00:01:35.980 And fear Allah, and know that Allah is All-Seeing of whatever you do. 00:01:37.010 --> 00:01:41.329 Women who have been divorced by their husbands and have children 00:01:41.650 --> 00:01:45.650 have the greatest right to nurse them over anyone else for two full years, 00:01:45.969 --> 00:01:49.090 yet nursing her child is not made an obligatory duty upon her. 00:01:49.489 --> 00:01:55.090 The fathers of the children must provide the wet nurses with their necessary provision, 00:01:55.329 --> 00:01:57.730 in terms of food, sustenance, and clothing, 00:01:57.890 --> 00:02:00.609 according to what is customarily due for a woman of her standing from a man of his standing. 00:02:00.930 --> 00:02:05.250 No soul should be burdened with matters beyond its capacity, 00:02:05.569 --> 00:02:09.169 nor tasked with what it cannot readily afford when it seeks to do so. 00:02:09.569 --> 00:02:15.650 Thus, men are not obligated to provide maintenance except according to their means and capacity. 00:02:15.969 --> 00:02:18.770 “Mothers shall suckle their children for two whole years; (that is) for those who wish to complete the suckling. The duty of feeding and clothing nursing mothers in a seemly manner is upon the father of the child. No-one should be charged beyond his capacity. A mother should not be made to suffer because of her child, nor should he to whom the child is born (be made to suffer) because of his child. And on the (father's) heir is incumbent the like of that (which was incumbent on the father). If they desire to wean the child by mutual consent and (after) consultation, it is no sin for them; and if ye wish to give your children out to nurse, it is no sin for you, provide that ye pay what is due from you in kindness. Observe your duty to Allah, and know that Allah is Seer of what ye do.” (2:233) 00:02:19.090 --> 00:02:22.849 So she must not refuse to nurse the child simply to cause hardship to its father, 00:02:23.330 --> 00:02:29.250 nor should the father cause harm through his child by forbidding the mother from nursing it just to grieve her. 00:02:29.569 --> 00:02:36.449 And upon the heir is an obligation similar to that of the father: providing the mother's sustenance and clothing in an equitable manner, 00:02:36.770 --> 00:02:38.770 if she is in need. 00:02:39.250 --> 00:02:41.889 But if she is wealthy and self-sufficient, 00:02:42.289 --> 00:02:46.449 then upon the heir is the equivalent of the nursing wage that was due from the child's father. 00:02:47.009 --> 00:02:53.090 And if both parents wish to wean their child from milk before the two years are complete, 00:02:53.409 --> 00:02:57.490 based on mutual consent between the child's father and mother and after mutual consultation, 00:02:57.810 --> 00:02:59.569 there is no blame upon either of them. 00:03:00.129 --> 00:03:06.849 And if you wish to engage wet nurses for your children other than their mothers when the mothers refuse, 00:03:07.330 --> 00:03:13.250 there is no blame upon you in hiring them, provided you hand over what you agreed to give in a fair manner. 00:03:13.889 --> 00:03:18.370 And if you desire to seek wet nurses for your children to complete their suckling, 00:03:18.849 --> 00:03:22.530 and you and their mother have not agreed upon early weaning, 00:03:23.009 --> 00:03:25.330 nor seen that to be in the child's best interest, 00:03:25.810 --> 00:03:32.449 then there is no blame upon you to hire wet nurses if their mothers refuse to nurse them, 00:03:32.849 --> 00:03:35.330 whether due to an ailment or for no ailment, 00:03:35.810 --> 00:03:44.610 provided you deliver to their mothers and to the substitute wet nurses their due rights in a generous, equitable, and good manner, 00:03:44.930 --> 00:03:48.449 refraining from underpayment and injustice regarding what is rightfully due to the wet nurses. 00:03:49.009 --> 00:03:53.409 And fear Allah concerning the reciprocal rights He has ordained among you, 00:03:53.889 --> 00:03:59.810 and know that Allah sees and knows all your deeds; 00:04:00.050 --> 00:04:02.050 nothing at all is hidden from Him. 00:04:06.740 --> 00:04:21.139 “Such of you as die and leave behind them wives, they (the wives) shall wait, keeping themselves apart, four months and ten days. And when they reach the term (prescribed for them) then there is no sin for you in aught that they may do with themselves in decency. Allah is informed of what ye do.” (2:234) 00:04:21.540 --> 00:04:36.740 “Such of you as die and leave behind them wives, they (the wives) shall wait, keeping themselves apart, four months and ten days. And when they reach the term (prescribed for them) then there is no sin for you in aught that they may do with themselves in decency. Allah is informed of what ye do.” (2:234) 00:04:37.220 --> 00:04:41.220 And Allah is fully Aware of whatever you do. 00:04:42.540 --> 00:04:47.180 And those of you, O people, who pass away and leave wives behind, 00:04:47.660 --> 00:04:52.620 their widows must wait, observing a waiting period, abstaining from remarriage, perfume, adornment, 00:04:53.100 --> 00:05:00.139 and moving away from the home in which they resided during their husbands' lifetimes, for four months and ten days, 00:05:00.779 --> 00:05:05.819 unless they are pregnant, in which case the waiting period lasts until they deliver their child. 00:05:06.540 --> 00:05:12.939 Once they have reached the end of their prescribed waiting period and the four months and ten days have elapsed, 00:05:13.339 --> 00:05:18.939 there is no blame upon you, O guardians, regarding whatever they do with themselves in an acceptable manner at that point: 00:05:19.500 --> 00:05:25.019 such as using perfume, adorning themselves, moving from the home where they observed the waiting period, 00:05:25.579 --> 00:05:29.980 and entering into marriage in the manner Allah has permitted and made lawful for them. 00:05:30.540 --> 00:05:36.620 And Allah, concerning how you, O guardians, manage the affairs of the women under your guardianship, 00:05:37.100 --> 00:05:41.019 is fully Aware and All-Knowing; nothing of it is concealed from Him. 00:05:43.279 --> 00:05:50.560 And there is no blame upon you regarding any indirect hints of marriage you make to these women. 00:05:51.040 --> 00:05:57.439 “There is no sin for you in that which ye proclaim or hide in your minds concerning your troth with women. Allah knoweth that ye will remember them. But plight not your troth with women except by uttering a recognised form of words. And do not consummate the marriage until (the term) prescribed is run. Know that Allah knoweth what is in your minds, so beware of Him; and know that Allah is Forgiving, Clement.” (2:235) 00:05:58.240 --> 00:06:02.720 “There is no sin for you in that which ye proclaim or hide in your minds concerning your troth with women. Allah knoweth that ye will remember them. But plight not your troth with women except by uttering a recognised form of words. And do not consummate the marriage until (the term) prescribed is run. Know that Allah knoweth what is in your minds, so beware of Him; and know that Allah is Forgiving, Clement.” (2:235) 00:06:03.199 --> 00:06:07.040 “There is no sin for you in that which ye proclaim or hide in your minds concerning your troth with women. Allah knoweth that ye will remember them. But plight not your troth with women except by uttering a recognised form of words. And do not consummate the marriage until (the term) prescribed is run. Know that Allah knoweth what is in your minds, so beware of Him; and know that Allah is Forgiving, Clement.” (2:235) 00:06:07.279 --> 00:06:16.079 “There is no sin for you in that which ye proclaim or hide in your minds concerning your troth with women. Allah knoweth that ye will remember them. But plight not your troth with women except by uttering a recognised form of words. And do not consummate the marriage until (the term) prescribed is run. Know that Allah knoweth what is in your minds, so beware of Him; and know that Allah is Forgiving, Clement.” (2:235) 00:06:16.560 --> 00:06:22.959 “There is no sin for you in that which ye proclaim or hide in your minds concerning your troth with women. Allah knoweth that ye will remember them. But plight not your troth with women except by uttering a recognised form of words. And do not consummate the marriage until (the term) prescribed is run. Know that Allah knoweth what is in your minds, so beware of Him; and know that Allah is Forgiving, Clement.” (2:235) 00:06:23.519 --> 00:06:31.360 “There is no sin for you in that which ye proclaim or hide in your minds concerning your troth with women. Allah knoweth that ye will remember them. But plight not your troth with women except by uttering a recognised form of words. And do not consummate the marriage until (the term) prescribed is run. Know that Allah knoweth what is in your minds, so beware of Him; and know that Allah is Forgiving, Clement.” (2:235) 00:06:31.360 --> 00:06:38.480 And know that Allah is Forgiving and Forbearing. 00:07:02.459 --> 00:07:07.339 “There is no sin for you in that which ye proclaim or hide in your minds concerning your troth with women. Allah knoweth that ye will remember them. But plight not your troth with women except by uttering a recognised form of words. And do not consummate the marriage until (the term) prescribed is run. Know that Allah knoweth what is in your minds, so beware of Him; and know that Allah is Forgiving, Clement.” (2:235) 00:07:07.819 --> 00:07:15.339 Allah knows that you will remember the women observing their waiting periods by contemplating or speaking of proposing to them, 00:07:15.819 --> 00:07:20.540 but He has forbidden you from making secret promises of intercourse with them during their waiting periods, 00:07:20.939 --> 00:07:24.459 such that one of you might say to one of them during her waiting period: 00:07:24.939 --> 00:07:27.019 "I have already taken you as my wife in my heart, 00:07:27.339 --> 00:07:30.060 and I am merely waiting for your waiting period to end," 00:07:30.639 --> 00:07:36.319 thereby soliciting by that speech her consent to intimacy and intercourse. 00:07:36.720 --> 00:07:38.399 Allah has strictly forbidden that; 00:07:38.959 --> 00:07:41.600 rather, you may only speak honorable words, 00:07:42.000 --> 00:07:45.199 which is what He has permitted by way of indirect hints at proposal. 00:07:45.680 --> 00:07:50.160 And do not conclude the marriage contract during the woman's waiting period, 00:07:50.560 --> 00:07:55.439 making it binding between yourselves and them, until the waiting period has run its course 00:07:55.920 --> 00:08:01.040 and reached the term that Allah has ordained in His Book for its conclusion. 00:08:01.519 --> 00:08:03.199 And know, O people, 00:08:03.519 --> 00:08:08.160 that Allah knows what is in your hearts concerning your desire for them and your longing to marry them; 00:08:08.560 --> 00:08:11.600 so beware of Allah and fear Him in your souls, 00:08:11.920 --> 00:08:14.560 lest you commit anything that He has forbidden you: 00:08:14.879 --> 00:08:17.040 such as resolving upon the marriage contract 00:08:17.360 --> 00:08:20.399 or making secret promises to them during their waiting periods. 00:08:20.879 --> 00:08:25.839 And know that Allah is Ever-Veiling of His servants' sins, covering them over— 00:08:26.240 --> 00:08:32.559 including what men conceal in their hearts regarding proposing to women in their waiting periods and other misdeeds; 00:08:33.120 --> 00:08:39.039 He is Forbearing and Patient, not rushing to penalize His servants for their sins. 00:08:50.850 --> 00:09:03.809 “It is no sin for you if ye divorce women while yet ye have not touched them, nor appointed unto them a portion. Provide for them, the rich according to his means, and the straitened according to his means, a fair provision. (This is) a bounden duty for those who do good.” (2:236) 00:09:04.289 --> 00:09:07.730 A duty binding upon those who do good. 00:09:08.129 --> 00:09:13.279 There is no blame upon you if you divorce your wives before you have consummated the marriage with them 00:09:13.679 --> 00:09:16.480 or specified an obligatory dowry for them. 00:09:16.480 --> 00:09:24.559 And provide them with a compensatory gift from your wealth according to your means and status, whether affluent or constrained. 00:09:25.120 --> 00:09:30.879 Provide for them as Allah has commanded you to give them, 00:09:31.360 --> 00:09:35.120 without any injustice or withholding on your part. 00:09:35.519 --> 00:09:41.120 So grant them an equitable provision, an obligation upon everyone among you who does good. 00:09:46.820 --> 00:10:04.179 And if you divorce them before you have touched them while you had already specified a dowry for them, then half of what you specified is due, 00:10:04.659 --> 00:10:12.340 “If ye divorce them before ye have touched them and ye have appointed unto them a portion, then (pay the) half of that which ye appointed, unless they (the women) agree to forgo it, or he agreeth to forgo it in whose hand is the marriage tie. To forgo is nearer to piety. And forget not kindness among yourselves. Allah is Seer of what ye do.” (2:237) 00:10:12.659 --> 00:10:29.299 “If ye divorce them before ye have touched them and ye have appointed unto them a portion, then (pay the) half of that which ye appointed, unless they (the women) agree to forgo it, or he agreeth to forgo it in whose hand is the marriage tie. To forgo is nearer to piety. And forget not kindness among yourselves. Allah is Seer of what ye do.” (2:237) 00:10:30.340 --> 00:10:32.740 There is no blame upon you, O people. 00:10:33.139 --> 00:10:42.419 If you divorce women before you have touched them and had already assigned them an obligatory dowry, then they are entitled to half of what you had assigned them, 00:10:42.899 --> 00:10:48.179 unless those women who are entitled to half the dowry remit it, leaving it to you, 00:10:48.580 --> 00:10:52.019 and pardon your share out of sheer graciousness on their part; 00:10:52.580 --> 00:10:59.620 or the husband, in whose hand is the marriage tie at all times before and after divorce, chooses to remit it, 00:11:00.100 --> 00:11:02.100 thereby paying them the dowry in full. 00:11:02.659 --> 00:11:09.379 And that you forgo your rights in favor of one another after parting ways is closer to the fear of Allah. 00:11:09.940 --> 00:11:15.220 And do not neglect, O people, to show graciousness and benevolence toward one another. 00:11:15.700 --> 00:11:20.580 Rather, let the man who divorces his wife before intimacy be gracious: 00:11:20.899 --> 00:11:25.460 let him complete her full dowry if he had not yet given her all of it; 00:11:25.940 --> 00:11:29.620 and if he had already handed over all that was specified for her, 00:11:29.940 --> 00:11:34.019 let him graciously forgo what is rightfully his—namely, the half. 00:11:34.659 --> 00:11:39.620 But if the man is stingy with that and insists on reclaiming his half from her, 00:11:40.100 --> 00:11:47.299 then let the divorced woman be gracious toward him by returning the whole dowry to him if she had already received it, 00:11:47.779 --> 00:11:51.220 and if she had not received it, let her waive all of it. 00:11:51.860 --> 00:11:59.299 Indeed, Allah is All-Seeing of whatever you do regarding what He has exhorted you to of mutual pardon and graciousness; 00:11:59.779 --> 00:12:02.500 nothing of that is hidden from Him. 00:12:02.980 --> 00:12:05.539 Rather, He takes full account of it for you and preserves it, 00:12:05.860 --> 00:12:09.539 so that He may reward the doer of good among you for his good deeds, 00:12:09.860 --> 00:12:13.059 and requite the wrongdoer among you for his wrongdoing. 00:12:13.870 --> 00:12:22.110 “Be guardians of your prayers, and of the midmost prayer, and stand up with devotion to Allah.” (2:238) 00:12:23.019 --> 00:12:28.059 Constantly maintain the obligatory prayers at their appointed times and attend to them diligently, 00:12:28.460 --> 00:12:30.139 especially the middle prayer, which is the 'Asr prayer, 00:12:30.539 --> 00:12:33.019 and stand before Allah in them in devout obedience, 00:12:33.419 --> 00:12:35.899 by refraining from speaking to one another during prayer, 00:12:36.299 --> 00:12:39.659 except for reciting the Qur'an or remembering Allah, 00:12:40.139 --> 00:12:43.820 without disobeying Allah therein by neglecting their prescribed limits. 00:12:44.799 --> 00:12:48.720 “And if ye go in fear, then (pray) standing or on horseback. And when ye are again in safety, remember Allah, as He hath taught you that which (heretofore) ye knew not.” (2:239) 00:12:49.200 --> 00:12:57.679 “And if ye go in fear, then (pray) standing or on horseback. And when ye are again in safety, remember Allah, as He hath taught you that which (heretofore) ye knew not.” (2:239) 00:12:58.860 --> 00:13:04.700 But if you fear an enemy when confronting them, such that you cannot pray standing, 00:13:05.259 --> 00:13:09.740 then pray on foot, walking while engaged in your battle, 00:13:10.379 --> 00:13:13.100 or riding upon the backs of your mounts. 00:13:13.659 --> 00:13:16.940 Then when you are safe from your enemy and feel secure, 00:13:17.340 --> 00:13:20.299 remember Allah within your prayers and outside them, 00:13:20.779 --> 00:13:22.299 with thanksgiving and praise to Him, 00:13:22.779 --> 00:13:27.820 and extol Him for the grace He bestowed by guiding you to the truth 00:13:28.220 --> 00:13:30.539 from which your enemies have strayed, 00:13:31.019 --> 00:13:35.419 and for teaching you His rulings, His lawful, and His unlawful. 00:13:36.059 --> 00:13:42.139 "And those of you who pass away and leave wives behind..." 00:13:42.620 --> 00:13:52.299 “(In the case of) those of you who are about to die and leave behind them wives, they should bequeath unto their wives a provision for the year without turning them out, but if they go out (of their own accord) there is no sin for you in that which they do of themselves within their rights. Allah is Mighty, Wise.” (2:240) 00:13:52.779 --> 00:14:01.980 "...but if they leave, there is no blame upon you for what they do with themselves in an acceptable manner." 00:14:02.539 --> 00:14:05.899 And Allah is Exalted in Might, All-Wise. 00:14:06.960 --> 00:14:11.360 And those of you, O men, who pass away and leave wives behind, 00:14:11.919 --> 00:14:17.440 Allah has decreed a bequest for their wives upon you, O believers: 00:14:17.919 --> 00:14:21.840 that they should not be expelled from their deceased husbands' homes for a full year. 00:14:22.639 --> 00:14:27.679 However, if they leave their deceased husbands' homes before the year is up of their own accord, 00:14:28.240 --> 00:14:34.480 then there is no blame upon the deceased's guardians regarding their departure and their discontinuing the mourning period for their husbands. 00:14:35.039 --> 00:14:38.480 Later, Allah abrogated this maintenance through the verse of inheritance, 00:14:39.039 --> 00:14:42.559 and reduced their required residence to four months and ten days, 00:14:43.039 --> 00:14:46.559 upon the tongue of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 00:14:47.389 --> 00:14:51.710 And Allah is Exalted in Might in His retribution against those who violate His command and prohibition 00:14:52.110 --> 00:14:55.230 and transgress His limits, among both men and women; 00:14:55.789 --> 00:15:00.509 He is All-Wise in the rulings and decrees He establishes among His servants. 00:15:01.789 --> 00:15:10.509 "And for divorced women is a provision in an acceptable manner, a duty upon the righteous." 00:15:11.700 --> 00:15:13.700 And for whichever woman is divorced, 00:15:14.340 --> 00:15:17.220 there is due from the man who divorced her a provision for her to benefit from, 00:15:17.700 --> 00:15:19.860 consisting of garments, clothing, and maintenance, 00:15:20.340 --> 00:15:23.700 or a servant, and other such things from which benefit is derived. 00:15:24.340 --> 00:15:28.259 This is an equitable provision, binding upon every one of you 00:15:28.740 --> 00:15:33.620 who is among the righteous—those who fear Allah regarding His commands, prohibitions, and limits. 00:15:42.429 --> 00:15:45.629 Just as I have made clear to you what is incumbent upon you toward your wives 00:15:46.190 --> 00:15:49.149 and what is incumbent upon your wives toward you, O believers, 00:15:49.629 --> 00:15:53.870 and have taught you My rulings and the reciprocal rights binding upon one another, 00:15:54.429 --> 00:15:59.710 likewise do I clarify for you all other rulings in the verses I have revealed, 00:16:00.190 --> 00:16:03.870 so that you may use your intellect and comprehend what is required of you from My obligatory laws, 00:16:04.350 --> 00:16:08.590 and thereby recognize that which contains the well-being of your religion and your worldly life, 00:16:08.990 --> 00:16:14.269 acting upon it and thereby attaining My abundant reward in your Final Destination.