Domestic Issues and Their Solutions — Page 186
186 divorce and divorce is of course an undesirable act. However, if due to some reason a man and a woman cannot get by, the man has the right to divorce and the woman has the right to take خلع khula. Sometimes some matters have to be disclosed to the person attempting reconciliation. To some extent it is fair to mention general matters but sometimes the relatives of the man and the woman also join in and make personal attacks at each other which are embarrassing to listen. The relationship betw een husband and wife is such that some hidden , personal matters are revealed in it. To disclose them after a conflict or to mention them to one’s relatives merely to disgrace the other so that he or she cannot remarry! It is stated that if you indulge in s uch practices it would be counted as extreme indecency and betrayal and it is stated about one who betrays that he is not a true believer, he is not a Muslim and is also Hell - bound. ’ (Friday sermon delivered on 6 February 2004 at Baitul Futuh, London. Khu tbaat e Masroor Vol. 2. P. 111 2005 Edition. Published by Nazarat e Isha’at Rabwah) Rights of Divorced Women In one of his Friday sermons Huzoor e Anwer spoke on the rights given to women in Islam. Huzoor e Anwer (may Allah be his Helper) said: