WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.200 In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful. 00:00:05.160 --> 00:00:08.039 The Summary of Tafsir al-Tabari, 00:00:08.580 --> 00:00:12.740 Abridged by Dr. Oqeel Ibn Salim al-Shammari. 00:00:13.949 --> 00:00:16.030 Surah al-Baqarah. 00:00:17.789 --> 00:00:22.789 In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful. 00:00:23.329 --> 00:00:27.089 “They question thee about strong drink and games of chance. Say: In both is great sin, and (some) utility for men; but the sin of them is greater than their usefulness. And they ask thee what they ought to spend. Say: that which is superfluous. Thus Allah maketh plain to you (His) revelations, that haply ye may reflect.” (2:219) 00:00:27.089 --> 00:00:34.289 “They question thee about strong drink and games of chance. Say: In both is great sin, and (some) utility for men; but the sin of them is greater than their usefulness. And they ask thee what they ought to spend. Say: that which is superfluous. Thus Allah maketh plain to you (His) revelations, that haply ye may reflect.” (2:219) 00:00:34.450 --> 00:00:41.490 “They question thee about strong drink and games of chance. Say: In both is great sin, and (some) utility for men; but the sin of them is greater than their usefulness. And they ask thee what they ought to spend. Say: that which is superfluous. Thus Allah maketh plain to you (His) revelations, that haply ye may reflect.” (2:219) 00:00:41.490 --> 00:00:46.609 "And they ask you what they should spend." 00:00:46.609 --> 00:00:48.369 "Say: The surplus." 00:00:48.369 --> 00:00:56.369 "Thus does Allah make clear to you the signs that you might give thought." 00:00:56.369 --> 00:01:01.890 Your companions ask you, O Muhammad, about wine, drinking it, and gambling. 00:01:01.890 --> 00:01:03.890 Say to them, O Muhammad: 00:01:04.129 --> 00:01:07.170 In wine and gambling lies great sin. 00:01:07.170 --> 00:01:09.170 For the drinker of wine, when intoxicated, 00:01:09.170 --> 00:01:11.170 Loses the awareness of his Lord, 00:01:11.170 --> 00:01:13.170 And that is among the greatest of sins; 00:01:13.170 --> 00:01:17.170 While gambling distracts from the remembrance of Allah and from prayer, 00:01:17.170 --> 00:01:23.170 And causes enmity and hatred to arise among the players on its account. 00:01:23.170 --> 00:01:27.170 Yet in wine there were financial benefits from its sale before it was prohibited, 00:01:27.170 --> 00:01:31.170 As well as the pleasure they derived from drinking it; 00:01:31.170 --> 00:01:33.170 And the benefits of gambling 00:01:33.170 --> 00:01:36.170 Lay in the portions of slaughtered camel meat they would win. 00:01:36.170 --> 00:01:40.170 That was because they used to gamble for the slaughtered camel, 00:01:40.170 --> 00:01:44.170 And when a man triumphed over his fellow, he would slaughter his camel, 00:01:44.170 --> 00:01:48.299 Then divide it into shares according to the number of arrows drawn. 00:01:48.299 --> 00:01:50.299 But the sin involved in wine and gambling 00:01:50.299 --> 00:01:56.299 Is far greater and more harmful to them than any benefit they might derive from both. 00:01:56.299 --> 00:02:00.299 For whenever they became intoxicated, they would assault one another, 00:02:00.299 --> 00:02:02.299 And fight among themselves; 00:02:02.299 --> 00:02:05.299 And whenever they gambled, evil broke out between them, 00:02:05.299 --> 00:02:09.300 Leading them into sinful deeds. 00:02:09.300 --> 00:02:12.300 And your companions ask you, O Muhammad, 00:02:12.300 --> 00:02:15.300 What they should spend of their wealth 00:02:15.300 --> 00:02:17.300 By way of charity. 00:02:17.300 --> 00:02:19.300 So say to them, O Muhammad: 00:02:19.300 --> 00:02:25.300 Spend from it whatever is surplus to a person’s own needs and the provision of his family, 00:02:25.300 --> 00:02:27.300 Over and above what is indispensable to them. 00:02:28.300 --> 00:02:33.300 This is not an obligatory duty made incumbent by Allah as an absolute right upon the wealth, 00:02:33.300 --> 00:02:39.300 But rather a notification from Allah of the spending that pleases Him as opposed to what earns His displeasure. 00:02:39.300 --> 00:02:43.300 Thus, its ruling remains established, neither abrogating nor abrogated. 00:02:43.300 --> 00:02:46.300 In this way have I clarified to you My guiding signs and My proofs, 00:02:46.300 --> 00:02:50.300 Made known to you that which contains your deliverance from My punishment, 00:02:50.300 --> 00:02:54.300 And clearly set forth for you My boundaries and My obligatory duties, 00:02:54.300 --> 00:02:59.300 So that you may reflect upon My promise and My threat, My reward and My punishment, 00:02:59.300 --> 00:03:05.300 And thereby choose obedience, by which you attain My reward in the Hereafter 00:03:05.300 --> 00:03:07.300 And win eternal bliss, 00:03:07.300 --> 00:03:11.300 Rather than preferring fleeting pleasures and trivial desires 00:03:11.300 --> 00:03:15.300 Through embarking upon disobedience to Me in this transient world. 00:03:25.840 --> 00:03:30.840 "And if you mix your affairs with theirs, then they are your brothers." 00:03:30.840 --> 00:03:34.840 “Upon the world and the Hereafter. And they question thee concerning orphans. Say: To improve their lot is best. And if ye mingle your affairs with theirs, then (they are) your brothers. Allah knoweth him who spoileth from him who improveth. Had Allah willed He could have overburdened you. Allah is Mighty, Wise.” (2:220) 00:03:34.840 --> 00:03:39.840 “Upon the world and the Hereafter. And they question thee concerning orphans. Say: To improve their lot is best. And if ye mingle your affairs with theirs, then (they are) your brothers. Allah knoweth him who spoileth from him who improveth. Had Allah willed He could have overburdened you. Allah is Mighty, Wise.” (2:220) 00:03:39.840 --> 00:03:45.840 "Indeed, Allah is Exalted in Might and Wise." 00:03:45.840 --> 00:03:50.219 Your companions ask you, O Muhammad, concerning the property of orphans, 00:03:50.219 --> 00:03:55.219 And pooling their wealth with theirs in spending, food, drink, 00:03:55.219 --> 00:03:58.219 Housing, and domestic service. 00:03:58.219 --> 00:04:02.219 Say to them: Your gracious favor toward them by managing and improving their property, 00:04:02.219 --> 00:04:05.219 Without causing any loss to their wealth, 00:04:05.219 --> 00:04:09.219 Is better for you with Allah and brings you a greater reward, 00:04:09.219 --> 00:04:13.219 And is better for them regarding their wealth in their immediate worldly life, 00:04:13.219 --> 00:04:17.220 Because of how it preserves their assets intact for them. 00:04:17.220 --> 00:04:22.220 But if you mix your affairs with theirs, sharing with them in your expenditures, your food, 00:04:22.220 --> 00:04:25.220 Your drink, and your dwellings, 00:04:25.220 --> 00:04:29.220 Taking from their wealth compensation in return for managing their affairs 00:04:29.220 --> 00:04:33.220 And maintaining their property, they are nevertheless your brothers, 00:04:33.220 --> 00:04:36.220 And brothers naturally assist one another. 00:04:36.220 --> 00:04:41.220 Even though your Lord has permitted you to mix your affairs with the orphans, 00:04:41.220 --> 00:04:44.220 Be mindful of Allah regarding yourselves; 00:04:44.220 --> 00:04:47.220 For He knows well who among you mixes his affairs with an orphan, 00:04:47.220 --> 00:04:51.220 Sharing with him in his food, drink, and dwelling, 00:04:51.220 --> 00:04:54.220 And what his true intention is behind that co-mingling: 00:04:54.220 --> 00:04:58.220 Is it to consume his wealth wrongfully, or to improve and cultivate it? 00:04:58.220 --> 00:05:01.220 For nothing of it is hidden from Him, 00:05:01.220 --> 00:05:06.220 And He knows which of you intends to preserve the wealth and which intends to squander it. 00:05:06.220 --> 00:05:12.220 Had Allah willed, He could have forbidden the co-mingling with your orphans that He made lawful for you, 00:05:12.220 --> 00:05:15.220 Which would have exhausted you and caused you hardship. 00:05:15.220 --> 00:05:21.220 Yet He granted you a concession and made it easy for you out of mercy toward you. 00:05:21.220 --> 00:05:24.220 Indeed, Allah is Exalted in Might throughout His dominion; 00:05:24.220 --> 00:05:28.220 Nothing can hinder Him from sending down any punishment upon you 00:05:28.220 --> 00:05:33.220 Had He burdened you with obligations beyond your capacity to fulfill, 00:05:33.220 --> 00:05:35.220 Whereupon you fell short in carrying them out. 00:05:35.220 --> 00:05:39.220 And He is All-Wise in doing so had He afflicted you with it, 00:05:39.220 --> 00:05:42.220 As He is in all other rulings and decrees of His governance; 00:05:42.220 --> 00:05:46.220 No flaw or deficiency ever touches His deeds. 00:06:09.639 --> 00:06:16.639 A believer is better than an idolater, even if he pleases you. 00:06:16.639 --> 00:06:22.639 “Wed not idolatresses till they believe; for lo! a believing bondwoman is better than an idolatress though she please you; and give not your daughters in marriage to idolaters till they believe, for lo! a believing slave is better than an idolater though he please you. These invite unto the Fire, and Allah inviteth unto the Garden, and unto forgiveness by His grace, and expoundeth His revelations to mankind that haply they may remember.” (2:221) 00:06:22.639 --> 00:06:28.639 “Wed not idolatresses till they believe; for lo! a believing bondwoman is better than an idolatress though she please you; and give not your daughters in marriage to idolaters till they believe, for lo! a believing slave is better than an idolater though he please you. These invite unto the Fire, and Allah inviteth unto the Garden, and unto forgiveness by His grace, and expoundeth His revelations to mankind that haply they may remember.” (2:221) 00:06:28.639 --> 00:06:36.639 “Wed not idolatresses till they believe; for lo! a believing bondwoman is better than an idolatress though she please you; and give not your daughters in marriage to idolaters till they believe, for lo! a believing slave is better than an idolater though he please you. These invite unto the Fire, and Allah inviteth unto the Garden, and unto forgiveness by His grace, and expoundeth His revelations to mankind that haply they may remember.” (2:221) 00:06:36.639 --> 00:06:43.089 Do not marry idolatrous women who are not from the People of the Book, O believers, until they believe, 00:06:43.089 --> 00:06:47.089 Accepting faith in Allah, His Messenger, and what was revealed to him. 00:06:47.089 --> 00:06:50.089 For a believing bondwoman who has faith in Allah and His Messenger 00:06:50.089 --> 00:06:55.089 Is better in the sight of Allah and more virtuous than a free idolatrous woman who disbelieves, 00:06:55.089 --> 00:06:59.089 Even if the idolatrous woman pleases you in beauty, lineage, or wealth. 00:06:59.089 --> 00:07:04.089 So do not seek marriage among noblewomen from among the polytheists, 00:07:04.089 --> 00:07:10.089 For Muslim bondwomen are better to marry in the sight of Allah than they are. 00:07:10.089 --> 00:07:14.089 Allah has likewise forbidden believing women from marrying polytheistic men, 00:07:14.089 --> 00:07:18.089 So do not give them in marriage to them, O believers; 00:07:18.089 --> 00:07:20.089 For that is strictly unlawful for you. 00:07:20.089 --> 00:07:26.089 Giving them in marriage to a believing slave who accepts Allah and His Messenger 00:07:26.089 --> 00:07:30.089 Is better for you than giving them in marriage to a free polytheist, 00:07:31.089 --> 00:07:34.089 Even if his nobility and lineage impress you. 00:07:34.089 --> 00:07:38.089 For those whose marriage has been forbidden to you, O believers, 00:07:38.089 --> 00:07:42.089 Whether polytheistic men or polytheistic women, 00:07:42.089 --> 00:07:46.089 Call you to deeds that lead you into the Fire, 00:07:46.089 --> 00:07:50.089 Whereas Allah calls you to deeds that admit you into Paradise 00:07:50.089 --> 00:07:53.089 And to that which wipes away your misdeeds, 00:07:53.089 --> 00:07:59.089 By making known to you His path and His way that leads to Paradise and forgiveness. 00:07:59.089 --> 00:08:05.089 And He makes clear His proofs and signs in His Book revealed through His Messenger, 00:08:05.089 --> 00:08:08.089 That they may take heed and learn the lesson. 00:08:29.569 --> 00:08:35.570 Your companions ask you, O Muhammad, about menstruation. 00:08:35.570 --> 00:08:40.570 Say: It is an impurity, due to its foul smell, uncleanness, and filth; 00:08:40.570 --> 00:08:45.240 So refrain from sexual intercourse with women, 00:08:45.240 --> 00:08:48.240 And avoid intimate contact with them, 00:08:48.240 --> 00:08:51.720 And avoid intimate contact with them, 00:08:51.720 --> 00:08:54.720 And avoid intimate contact with them, 00:08:54.720 --> 00:08:57.720 And avoid intimate contact with them; 00:08:57.720 --> 00:09:01.720 Refrain from sexual intercourse with women during their menstruation, 00:09:01.720 --> 00:09:05.720 And do not approach them intimately until they have washed themselves, 00:09:05.720 --> 00:09:08.720 Becoming pure from their menses after the bleeding has ceased. 00:09:08.720 --> 00:09:11.720 Then, when they have performed ghusl and purified themselves with water, 00:09:11.720 --> 00:09:13.720 Have intercourse with them, 00:09:13.720 --> 00:09:18.720 Approaching them in the vagina from the manner that Allah has permitted you to approach them, 00:09:18.720 --> 00:09:22.720 Which is during their state of purity and post-cleansing, 00:09:22.720 --> 00:09:24.720 Not during their state of menstruation. 00:09:24.720 --> 00:09:27.720 Indeed, Allah loves those who constantly turn back to Him from sins, 00:09:27.720 --> 00:09:31.720 And He loves those who purify themselves with water for prayer. 00:09:31.720 --> 00:09:40.169 "Your women are a tilth for you, so go to your tilth however you will," 00:09:40.169 --> 00:09:44.169 "And put forth good for yourselves," 00:09:44.169 --> 00:09:51.169 "And fear Allah, and know that you will meet Him," 00:09:51.169 --> 00:09:55.169 "And give glad tidings to the believers," 00:10:21.679 --> 00:10:23.679 In My messengers and in meeting Me, 00:10:23.679 --> 00:10:27.870 Confirming their faith in word through their righteous deeds. 00:10:27.870 --> 00:10:32.870 “And make not Allah, by your oaths, a hindrance to your being righteous and observing your duty unto Him and making peace among mankind. Allah is Hearer, Knower.” (2:224) 00:10:32.870 --> 00:10:43.870 “And make not Allah, by your oaths, a hindrance to your being righteous and observing your duty unto Him and making peace among mankind. Allah is Hearer, Knower.” (2:224) 00:10:43.870 --> 00:10:47.870 "And Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing." 00:10:47.870 --> 00:10:53.799 Do not make swearing by Allah an excuse to abstain from doing good, 00:10:53.799 --> 00:10:58.799 Or from fearing your Lord, being cautious of Him and His punishment regarding His obligations, 00:10:58.799 --> 00:11:02.799 And His boundaries lest you neglect or transgress them, 00:11:02.799 --> 00:11:07.799 Or from reconciling between people in righteousness wherein there is no sin, 00:11:07.799 --> 00:11:11.799 And in that which Allah loves rather than what He detests. 00:11:11.799 --> 00:11:15.799 For Allah is All-Hearing of what the swearer among you says when taking an oath, 00:11:15.799 --> 00:11:21.799 Claiming: "By Allah, I will not be dutiful, nor fear Allah, nor reconcile between people!" 00:11:21.799 --> 00:11:26.799 He is All-Knowing of what you intend and seek by taking such an oath, 00:11:26.799 --> 00:11:30.799 For I am the Knower of the unseen and of what the breasts conceal. 00:11:30.799 --> 00:11:37.279 "Allah will not call you to account for what is unintentional in your oaths," 00:11:37.279 --> 00:11:43.279 “Allah will not take you to task for that which is unintentional in your oaths. But He will take you to task for that which your hearts have garnered. Allah is Forgiving, Clement.” (2:225) 00:11:43.279 --> 00:11:47.279 "And Allah is Forgiving and Forbearing." 00:11:47.279 --> 00:11:52.600 Allah will not hold you accountable for unintended slips of your tongues in your oaths, 00:11:52.600 --> 00:11:58.600 Pronounced as careless or improper oaths without deliberate intent to commit a sin; 00:11:58.600 --> 00:12:04.600 Rather, He only holds you accountable for what you bind deliberately with sworn intent. 00:12:04.600 --> 00:12:08.600 In that case, it entails either an immediate expiation in this life, 00:12:08.600 --> 00:12:11.600 Or a deferred punishment in the Hereafter. 00:12:11.600 --> 00:12:13.600 As for the deferred punishment, 00:12:13.600 --> 00:12:17.600 It applies to one who swears about something he did not do, asserting that he did it, 00:12:17.600 --> 00:12:21.600 Or about something he did do, asserting that he did not do it, 00:12:21.600 --> 00:12:23.600 Intentionally uttering a falsehood. 00:12:23.600 --> 00:12:28.600 The one who swears such an oath remains subject to Allah's will on the Day of Resurrection: 00:12:28.600 --> 00:12:31.600 If He wills, He will punish him for it in the Hereafter, 00:12:31.600 --> 00:12:34.600 And if He wills, He will pardon him out of His grace; 00:12:34.600 --> 00:12:38.600 Nor is any worldly expiation required of him for it, 00:12:38.600 --> 00:12:42.600 Because it is not among the oaths in which expiation can remedy a breach. 00:12:42.600 --> 00:12:44.600 But as for the immediate expiation, 00:12:44.600 --> 00:12:48.600 Whenever one breaches a binding oath, he is held liable for the expiation. 00:12:48.600 --> 00:12:53.600 And Allah is All-Forgiving to His servants regarding the unintentional slips of their oaths, 00:12:53.600 --> 00:12:59.600 All-Forbearing in not rushing punishment upon the people of disobedience for their sins. 00:12:59.600 --> 00:13:07.950 “Those who forswear their wives must wait four months; then, if they change their mind, lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.” (2:226) 00:13:07.950 --> 00:13:14.950 “Those who forswear their wives must wait four months; then, if they change their mind, lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.” (2:226) 00:13:14.950 --> 00:13:20.210 For those who swear an oath to abstain from their wives, 00:13:20.210 --> 00:13:23.210 There is a waiting period of four months; 00:13:23.210 --> 00:13:26.210 If they return and abandon what they swore upon, 00:13:26.210 --> 00:13:32.210 Resuming intimacy with them, then Allah is All-Forgiving for whatever occurred of falsehood in their oaths, 00:13:32.210 --> 00:13:35.210 And Merciful toward them and others. 00:13:35.210 --> 00:13:42.370 “And if they decide upon divorce (let them remember that) Allah is Hearer, Knower.” (2:227) 00:13:42.370 --> 00:13:45.590 And if they resolve upon divorce and proceed to divorce them, 00:13:45.590 --> 00:13:49.590 Then Allah is All-Hearing of their pronouncement of divorce when they issue it, 00:13:49.590 --> 00:13:55.590 All-Knowing of what they bring upon them of what is lawful or unlawful. 00:13:56.720 --> 00:14:05.720 “Women who are divorced shall wait, keeping themselves apart, three (monthly) courses. And it is not lawful for them that they should conceal that which Allah hath created in their wombs if they are believers in Allah and the Last Day. And their husbands would do better to take them back in that case if they desire a reconciliation. And they (women) have rights similar to those (of men) over them in kindness, and men are a degree above them. Allah is Mighty, Wise.” (2:228) 00:14:05.720 --> 00:14:18.909 “Women who are divorced shall wait, keeping themselves apart, three (monthly) courses. And it is not lawful for them that they should conceal that which Allah hath created in their wombs if they are believers in Allah and the Last Day. And their husbands would do better to take them back in that case if they desire a reconciliation. And they (women) have rights similar to those (of men) over them in kindness, and men are a degree above them. Allah is Mighty, Wise.” (2:228) 00:14:18.909 --> 00:14:24.909 In Allah and the Last Day. 00:14:24.909 --> 00:14:33.909 “Women who are divorced shall wait, keeping themselves apart, three (monthly) courses. And it is not lawful for them that they should conceal that which Allah hath created in their wombs if they are believers in Allah and the Last Day. And their husbands would do better to take them back in that case if they desire a reconciliation. And they (women) have rights similar to those (of men) over them in kindness, and men are a degree above them. Allah is Mighty, Wise.” (2:228) 00:14:33.909 --> 00:14:40.909 “Women who are divorced shall wait, keeping themselves apart, three (monthly) courses. And it is not lawful for them that they should conceal that which Allah hath created in their wombs if they are believers in Allah and the Last Day. And their husbands would do better to take them back in that case if they desire a reconciliation. And they (women) have rights similar to those (of men) over them in kindness, and men are a degree above them. Allah is Mighty, Wise.” (2:228) 00:14:40.909 --> 00:14:48.909 “Women who are divorced shall wait, keeping themselves apart, three (monthly) courses. And it is not lawful for them that they should conceal that which Allah hath created in their wombs if they are believers in Allah and the Last Day. And their husbands would do better to take them back in that case if they desire a reconciliation. And they (women) have rights similar to those (of men) over them in kindness, and men are a degree above them. Allah is Mighty, Wise.” (2:228) 00:14:48.909 --> 00:14:54.360 Divorced women who experience menstruation and cycles of purity 00:14:54.360 --> 00:14:57.360 Must wait concerning themselves for three intervals of purity, 00:14:57.360 --> 00:15:01.360 With a period of purity separating each menstruation, 00:15:01.360 --> 00:15:06.360 Which is contrary to counting the menstrual periods themselves as the prescribed wait. 00:15:06.360 --> 00:15:14.360 It is unlawful for divorced women to conceal what Allah has created in their wombs of menses or pregnancy upon being divorced, 00:15:14.360 --> 00:15:19.360 Intending thereby to invalidate their husbands' right of taking them back. 00:15:19.360 --> 00:15:28.360 And the husbands of the divorced women have greater right to take them back during their waiting period, if they desire reconciliation. 00:15:28.360 --> 00:15:35.360 Each spouse owes the other an obligation not to cause harm, equivalent to the right held over the other; 00:15:35.360 --> 00:15:40.360 Yet men have a degree over women by virtue of their duty of leadership and financial provision, 00:15:40.360 --> 00:15:44.360 And their pardoning of certain rights due to them from women. 00:15:44.360 --> 00:15:48.360 And Allah is Mighty in His retribution against whoever disobeys His command, 00:15:48.360 --> 00:15:51.360 Wise in all that He has ordained for His creation. 00:15:51.360 --> 00:15:55.679 "Divorce is twice;" 00:15:55.679 --> 00:16:03.679 "Then retain honorably or release with kindness." 00:16:03.679 --> 00:16:17.679 “Divorce must be pronounced twice and then (a woman) must be retained in honour or released in kindness. And it is not lawful for you that ye take from women aught of that which ye have given them; except (in the case) when both fear that they may not be able to keep within the limits (imposed by) Allah. And if ye fear that they may not be able to keep the limits of Allah, in that case it is no sin for either of them if the woman ransom herself. These are the limits (imposed by) Allah. Transgress them not. For whoso transgresseth Allah's limits: such are wrong-doers.” (2:229) 00:16:17.679 --> 00:16:21.679 "Lest they should fail to uphold the limits of Allah." 00:16:21.679 --> 00:16:25.679 "And if you fear that they cannot keep the limits of Allah," 00:16:25.679 --> 00:16:30.679 “Divorce must be pronounced twice and then (a woman) must be retained in honour or released in kindness. And it is not lawful for you that ye take from women aught of that which ye have given them; except (in the case) when both fear that they may not be able to keep within the limits (imposed by) Allah. And if ye fear that they may not be able to keep the limits of Allah, in that case it is no sin for either of them if the woman ransom herself. These are the limits (imposed by) Allah. Transgress them not. For whoso transgresseth Allah's limits: such are wrong-doers.” (2:229) 00:16:30.679 --> 00:16:34.679 "These are the limits of Allah, so do not transgress them." 00:16:34.679 --> 00:16:44.679 “Divorce must be pronounced twice and then (a woman) must be retained in honour or released in kindness. And it is not lawful for you that ye take from women aught of that which ye have given them; except (in the case) when both fear that they may not be able to keep within the limits (imposed by) Allah. And if ye fear that they may not be able to keep the limits of Allah, in that case it is no sin for either of them if the woman ransom herself. These are the limits (imposed by) Allah. Transgress them not. For whoso transgresseth Allah's limits: such are wrong-doers.” (2:229) 00:16:44.679 --> 00:16:49.220 The revocable divorce in which taking back the wife is permissible occurs twice; 00:16:49.220 --> 00:16:53.220 Thereafter, the command upon taking them back after the second divorce is: 00:16:53.220 --> 00:16:55.220 Either retaining them in an honorable manner, 00:16:55.220 --> 00:16:59.220 Or releasing them gracefully 00:16:59.220 --> 00:17:03.220 By issuing the third divorce so that she becomes irrevocably separated from them. 00:17:03.220 --> 00:17:10.220 And it is not lawful for you, O men, if you wish to divorce your wives, to take back 00:17:10.220 --> 00:17:13.220 Anything from what you gave them of their bridal dower, 00:17:13.220 --> 00:17:18.220 Unless both of you fear failing to uphold the limits of Allah due to her discord, 00:17:18.220 --> 00:17:25.220 So that it is feared she will abandon obedience to Allah regarding her husband's mandatory rights, 00:17:25.220 --> 00:17:29.220 And it is feared the husband will fail to fulfill his obligations toward her. 00:17:29.220 --> 00:17:34.220 If you fear that they will not maintain what Allah made obligatory upon both of them 00:17:34.220 --> 00:17:40.220 Concerning the rights incumbent upon each spouse to treat the other with kindness, 00:17:40.220 --> 00:17:46.220 There is no blame upon either of them for what the woman offers as ransom to free herself from her husband, 00:17:46.220 --> 00:17:50.220 Nor is there any sin upon her husband in what he takes of that compensation. 00:17:50.220 --> 00:17:56.220 These are the clear demarcations distinguishing what has been made lawful for you from what has been made unlawful, O people; 00:17:56.220 --> 00:18:01.220 So do not overstep what I made lawful for you into what I made unlawful for you. 00:18:01.220 --> 00:18:09.220 For whoever transgresses into what I made unlawful for him is indeed the wrongdoer who commits what he has no right to commit, 00:18:09.220 --> 00:18:12.640 Placing a matter where it does not belong. 00:18:12.640 --> 00:18:21.640 “And if he hath divorced her (the third time), then she is not lawful unto him thereafter until she hath wedded another husband. Then if he (the other husband) divorce her it is no sin for both of them that they come together again if they consider that they are able to observe the limits of Allah. These are the limits of Allah. He manifesteth them for people who have knowledge.” (2:230) 00:18:21.640 --> 00:18:31.640 “And if he hath divorced her (the third time), then she is not lawful unto him thereafter until she hath wedded another husband. Then if he (the other husband) divorce her it is no sin for both of them that they come together again if they consider that they are able to observe the limits of Allah. These are the limits of Allah. He manifesteth them for people who have knowledge.” (2:230) 00:18:31.640 --> 00:18:38.640 if both feel confident that they can maintain the limits ordained by Allah. 00:18:38.640 --> 00:18:46.960 “And if he hath divorced her (the third time), then she is not lawful unto him thereafter until she hath wedded another husband. Then if he (the other husband) divorce her it is no sin for both of them that they come together again if they consider that they are able to observe the limits of Allah. These are the limits of Allah. He manifesteth them for people who have knowledge.” (2:230) 00:18:46.960 --> 00:18:51.960 That wife of his is not lawful for him after the third divorce, 00:18:51.960 --> 00:18:54.960 until she marries a husband other than the one who divorced her. 00:18:54.960 --> 00:19:01.089 If this new husband divorces her after her irrevocable separation from the first, 00:19:01.089 --> 00:19:07.089 then there is no blame on the woman and the first husband if they reunite through a new marriage contract, 00:19:07.089 --> 00:19:11.089 provided they hold a sincere expectation that they will uphold what He has commanded them. 00:19:11.089 --> 00:19:16.089 These are the matters that He has clarified to His servants regarding divorce and taking back wives; 00:19:16.089 --> 00:19:23.089 He details and distinguishes them for a people who comprehend them once Allah has made them clear to them. 00:19:23.089 --> 00:19:35.440 "And when you divorce women and they reach their term, retain them with kindness," 00:19:35.440 --> 00:19:43.440 “When ye have divorced women, and they have reached their term, then retain them in kindness or release them in kindness. Retain them not to their hurt so that ye transgress (the limits). He who doeth that hath wronged his soul. Make not the revelations of Allah a laughing-stock (by your behaviour), but remember Allah's grace upon you and that which He hath revealed unto you of the Scripture and of wisdom, whereby He doth exhort you. Observe your duty to Allah and know that Allah is Aware of all things.” (2:231) 00:19:43.440 --> 00:19:48.440 “When ye have divorced women, and they have reached their term, then retain them in kindness or release them in kindness. Retain them not to their hurt so that ye transgress (the limits). He who doeth that hath wronged his soul. Make not the revelations of Allah a laughing-stock (by your behaviour), but remember Allah's grace upon you and that which He hath revealed unto you of the Scripture and of wisdom, whereby He doth exhort you. Observe your duty to Allah and know that Allah is Aware of all things.” (2:231) 00:19:48.440 --> 00:19:54.440 “When ye have divorced women, and they have reached their term, then retain them in kindness or release them in kindness. Retain them not to their hurt so that ye transgress (the limits). He who doeth that hath wronged his soul. Make not the revelations of Allah a laughing-stock (by your behaviour), but remember Allah's grace upon you and that which He hath revealed unto you of the Scripture and of wisdom, whereby He doth exhort you. Observe your duty to Allah and know that Allah is Aware of all things.” (2:231) 00:19:54.440 --> 00:19:59.440 “When ye have divorced women, and they have reached their term, then retain them in kindness or release them in kindness. Retain them not to their hurt so that ye transgress (the limits). He who doeth that hath wronged his soul. Make not the revelations of Allah a laughing-stock (by your behaviour), but remember Allah's grace upon you and that which He hath revealed unto you of the Scripture and of wisdom, whereby He doth exhort you. Observe your duty to Allah and know that Allah is Aware of all things.” (2:231) 00:19:59.440 --> 00:20:10.440 “When ye have divorced women, and they have reached their term, then retain them in kindness or release them in kindness. Retain them not to their hurt so that ye transgress (the limits). He who doeth that hath wronged his soul. Make not the revelations of Allah a laughing-stock (by your behaviour), but remember Allah's grace upon you and that which He hath revealed unto you of the Scripture and of wisdom, whereby He doth exhort you. Observe your duty to Allah and know that Allah is Aware of all things.” (2:231) 00:20:10.440 --> 00:20:17.440 “When ye have divorced women, and they have reached their term, then retain them in kindness or release them in kindness. Retain them not to their hurt so that ye transgress (the limits). He who doeth that hath wronged his soul. Make not the revelations of Allah a laughing-stock (by your behaviour), but remember Allah's grace upon you and that which He hath revealed unto you of the Scripture and of wisdom, whereby He doth exhort you. Observe your duty to Allah and know that Allah is Aware of all things.” (2:231) 00:20:17.440 --> 00:20:21.819 And when you, O men, divorce your wives, 00:20:21.819 --> 00:20:26.819 and they reach their appointed term prescribed for them by the completion of their cycles, 00:20:26.819 --> 00:20:32.819 then take them back in the permitted manner by bringing witnesses to the reconciliation before the waiting period ends, 00:20:32.819 --> 00:20:36.819 or let them complete the remainder of their waiting period, 00:20:36.819 --> 00:20:39.819 by fully fulfilling all of their rights incumbent upon you, 00:20:39.819 --> 00:20:44.819 according to what He has obligated upon you concerning their mahr, mut'ah gift, and financial support, 00:20:44.819 --> 00:20:47.819 and other such rights belonging to them. 00:20:47.819 --> 00:20:50.819 And do not take them back merely to cause them harm, 00:20:50.819 --> 00:20:54.819 so as to prolong for them the duration of their waiting periods, 00:20:54.819 --> 00:20:58.819 or to reclaim from them part of what you had given them 00:20:58.819 --> 00:21:00.819 by forcing them to seek khul' from you. 00:21:00.819 --> 00:21:06.819 And whoever takes back his wife after divorcing her out of malice, so as to transgress the boundary of Allah, 00:21:06.819 --> 00:21:08.819 has indeed wronged himself. 00:21:08.819 --> 00:21:15.819 And do not treat the clear signs of Allah and His distinctions between His lawful and unlawful as an object of mockery and play, 00:21:15.819 --> 00:21:22.819 for He has clearly explained to you in His revelation what is permitted to you regarding taking back a wife and what is not. 00:21:22.819 --> 00:21:25.819 And remember the favor of Allah upon you through Islam, 00:21:25.819 --> 00:21:30.819 and remember also what He has revealed to you of the Qur'an, and act upon it, 00:21:30.819 --> 00:21:37.819 and remember what He has sent down to you of the Sunnahs that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, taught you. 00:21:37.819 --> 00:21:41.819 He admonishes you through the Book that He has sent down to you. 00:21:41.819 --> 00:21:43.819 And fear Allah, 00:21:43.819 --> 00:21:48.819 and know that your Lord is fully aware of everything that you do, 00:21:48.819 --> 00:21:52.819 and He will requite good with good, 00:21:52.819 --> 00:21:54.819 and evil with evil. 00:21:54.819 --> 00:22:17.269 “And when ye have divorced women and they reach their term, place not difficulties in the way of their marrying their husbands if it is agreed between them in kindness. This is an admonition for him among you who believeth in Allah and the Last Day. That is more virtuous for you, and cleaner. Allah knoweth; ye know not.” (2:232) 00:22:17.269 --> 00:22:26.269 “And when ye have divorced women and they reach their term, place not difficulties in the way of their marrying their husbands if it is agreed between them in kindness. This is an admonition for him among you who believeth in Allah and the Last Day. That is more virtuous for you, and cleaner. Allah knoweth; ye know not.” (2:232) 00:22:26.269 --> 00:22:30.269 “And when ye have divorced women and they reach their term, place not difficulties in the way of their marrying their husbands if it is agreed between them in kindness. This is an admonition for him among you who believeth in Allah and the Last Day. That is more virtuous for you, and cleaner. Allah knoweth; ye know not.” (2:232) 00:22:30.269 --> 00:22:36.269 And Allah knows, while you do not know. 00:22:37.269 --> 00:22:48.849 And when you divorce women and they reach their term, thus becoming irrevocably separated from you, do not distress them by preventing them, O guardians, 00:22:48.849 --> 00:22:52.849 from remarrying their former husbands through a new contract, 00:22:52.849 --> 00:22:59.849 seeking thereby to cause them harm, once the husbands and women have mutually agreed upon what is lawful 00:22:59.849 --> 00:23:06.849 and permissible as a bridal gift for their intimacy, through an entirely new marriage contract. 00:23:06.849 --> 00:23:11.849 This prohibition that I have placed upon you against hindering them is an admonition from Me 00:23:11.849 --> 00:23:17.849 to whichever of you, O people, believes in Allah, singles Him out in worship, and affirms His lordship, 00:23:17.849 --> 00:23:22.849 and believes in the Resurrection for recompense, reward, and punishment. 00:23:22.849 --> 00:23:28.849 Remarrying their former husbands is better and more virtuous in the sight of Allah than their separation from them, 00:23:28.849 --> 00:23:34.849 and purer for your hearts, their hearts, and their husbands' hearts from suspicion; 00:23:34.849 --> 00:23:40.849 that is because, if mutual affection remains in the hearts of both the man and the woman, 00:23:40.849 --> 00:23:45.849 one cannot be certain that it will not transgress into that which Allah has forbidden them, 00:23:45.849 --> 00:23:53.849 nor can their guardians be safe from having suspicions cross their minds of which both parties might well be innocent. 00:23:53.849 --> 00:24:03.289 For I know of the suitor's and the woman's hearts what you do not know of longing and love.