The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 1) — Page 375
PT. 2 AL-BAQARAH CH. 2 وَالْوَالِدتُ يُرْضِعْنَ أَوْلَادَهُنَّ حَوْلَيْنِ And mothers shall give. 234 suck to their children for two كَامِلَيْنِ لِمَنْ اَرَادَ أَنْ يُتِمَّ الرَّضَاعَةَ whole years, this is for those وَعَلَى الْمَوْلُودِ لَهُ رِزْقُهُنَّ وَكِسْوَتُهُنَّ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ لَا تُكَلِّفُ نَفْسُ إِلَّا the child belongs shall be who desire to complete the suckling. And the man to whom responsible for their (the according to usage. No soul is burdened beyond its capacity. وُسْعَهَا ۚ لَا تُضَارَ وَالِدَةٌ بِوَلَدِهَا وَلَا mothers' food and clothing مَوْلُودٌ لَّهُ بِوَلَدِهِ وَعَلَى الْوَارِثِ مِثْلُ ذلِكَ ۚ فَإِنْ اَرَادَا فِصَالًا عَنْ تَرَاضٍ مِنْهُمَا The mother shall not make the father suffer on account of her وَتَشَاوُرٍ فَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْهِمَا وَإِنْ أَرَدْتُمْ child, nor shall he to whom the أَن تَسْتَرْضِعُوا أَوْلَادَكُمْ فَلَا جُنَاحَ child belongs make the mother suffer on account of his child, عَلَيْكُمْ إِذَا سَلَّمْتُمْ مَّا أَتَيْتُمْ and the same is incumbent on the heir. If they both decide بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَاتَّقُوا اللهَ وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّ upon weaning the child by اللَّهَ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرٌ mutual consent and consultation, there is no blame on them. And if you desire to engage a wet-nurse for your children, there shall be no blame "31:15; 46:16. 65:7. 2:287; 6:153; 7:43; 23:63; 65:8. refer to the third or final divorce. former husband or should the former Some men, even after the complete husband prevent her from marrying a dissolution of their marriage, do not new husband, she can do so with the like the idea that their divorced wives permission of the Qāḍī or the judge. should marry other persons and try to The verse under comment also prevent them from contracting new implies a repudiation of the evil marriages. This practice is also practice of pronouncing three condemned in the clause, prevent divorces at one and the same time, them not from marrying their because had it been permissible, the (prospective) husbands. Should the | question of divorced women guardian of a divorced woman remarrying their former husbands prevent her from remarrying her would have been meaningless. 375