Providing for a divorced wife during her waiting period (‘iddah)
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Etiquette of Marriage & Divorce
Providing for a divorced wife during her waiting period ('iddah)
"Lodge them [in a section] of where you dwell out of your means... and if they should be pregnant, then spend on them until they give birth."
Reference: Qur'an, Surah At-Talaq 65:6
Explanation
Financial responsibility toward a former wife continues through this defined waiting period.
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