Islam and Human Rights — Page 153
Article 16 153 whereby He exhorts you. Be mindful of your duty to Allah and remember that Allah knows all things well” (2:232). If the decision should be a final parting “she would not be lawful for him thereafter, unless she marries another husband” and that marriage is also dissolved in due course, “then it shall be no sin on them to marry and to return to each other, provided they are sure that they would be able to observe the limits prescribed by Allah. These are the limits prescribed by Allah which He makes clear to the people who have knowledge” (2:231). When the end of the waiting period has been reached and the divorce has become final, no obstacle should be placed in the way of the divorced woman marrying a per son of her choice “when agreement has been properly reached between them. This is an admonition for him among you who believes in Allah and the Last Day. This is more beneficent for you and is purer; and Allah knows but you do not know” (2:233). If it is desired and is agreed upon that a divorced mother should breast-feed her baby, the father shall make due provision for her maintenance, and the child shall not be made the cause for inflicting any suffering upon the mother or the father. “No soul is burdened