The Life & Character of the Seal of Prophets (sa) - Volume II — Page 526
Seal of the Prophets - Volume II 526 to his wife, it is compulsory for him to do so. Furthermore, if he has given any other wealth to his wife, he must not demand its return either; rather, if possible, he should give her something in addition and bring the relationship to a close in a very pleasant and benevolent manner. 1 7. Even after the divorce has taken place, the husband is responsible to bear the expenses of his divorcee until she becomes free to marry someone else. 2 Furthermore, if there are young children who cannot be separated from their mother, they shall remain with her and the father shall be responsible for their necessary expenses. 3 8. Then there is the Islāmic law of Khula‘. The leadership of domestic administration is in the hands of the husband, i. e. , in light of the Sharī‘at and rationality, not only is the husband responsible for the expenses of his wife, rather, he is also the head of the family. Then, on the other hand, a woman is comparatively simple in nature and can be lured into the trickery of cunning people more easily. For this reason, a woman does not have the right to separate on her own. Instead, the Islāmic teaching is that if for some reason a woman feels it is no longer possible to continue living with her 1 * Al-Baqarah (2:230-232) * Aṭ-Ṭalāq (65:1-8) 2 * Al-Baqarah (2:234) * Aṭ-Ṭalāq (65:1-8) * Ṣaḥīḥul-Bukhārī, Kitābuṭ-Ṭalāq, Bābu Qiṣṣati Fāṭimata Binti Qaisin, Ḥadīth No. 5323-5326 * Bidāyatul-Mujtahidi Wa Nihāyatul-Muqtaṣid, By Abul-Walīd Muḥammad bin Aḥmad bin Muḥammad (Ibni Rushd), Al-Bābul-Awwalu Fil-‘Iddati, Al-Faṣlul-Awwalu Fī ‘Iddatiz-Zaujāti, Al- Qismuth-Thānī, pp. 511-513, Fārān Academy Lahore * Zādul-Ma‘ādi Fī Hadyi Khairil-‘Ibād, By Shamsuddīn Abū ‘Abdillāh Muḥammad bin Abī Bakr (Ibni Qayyim Al-Jauziyyah), pp. 943-944, Faṣlun Fī Ḥukmi Rasūlillāhi sa Al-Muwāfiqi Li-Kitabillāhi Annahū Lā Nafaqata Lil-Matbūtati Wa Lā Saknā / Dhikrul-Maṭā‘inillati Ṭu‘ina Bihā ‘Alā Ḥadīthi Fāṭimata Binti Qaisin Qadīman Wa Ḥadīthan, Mu’assisatur-Risālah, Beirut, Lebanon (2006) 3 * Al-Baqarah (2:234) * Al-Muwaṭṭā, By Imām Mālik bin Anas, Kitābul-Waṣiyyah, Bābu Mā Jā’a Fil-Mu’annathi Minar-Rijāli Wa Man Aḥaqqu Bil-Waladi, Ḥadīth No. 1498 * Sunanu Abī Dāwūd, Kitābuṭ-Ṭalāq, Bābu Man Aḥaqqu Bil-Waladi, Ḥadīth No. 2276 * Bidāyatul-Mujtahidi Wa Nihāyatul-Muqtaṣid, By Abul-Walīd Muḥammad bin Aḥmad bin Muḥammad (Ibni Rushd), Kitābun-Nikāḥ, Al-Bābur-Rābi‘u Fī Ḥuqūqiz-Zaujiyyati, p. 481, Fārān Academy Lahore * Zādul-Ma‘ādi Fī Hadyi Khairil-‘Ibād, By Shamsuddīn Abū ‘Abdillāh Muḥammad bin Abī Bakr (Ibni Qayyim Al-Jauziyyah), pp. 905-907, Faṣlu Dhikri Ḥukmi Rasūlillāhi sa Fil-Waladi Man Aḥaqqu Bihī Fil-Ḥaḍānah, Mu’assisatur-Risālah, Beirut, Lebanon (2006)