Surah 2 Al-Baqara — Ayah 236
لَّا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْكُمْ إِن طَلَّقْتُمُ ٱلنِّسَآءَ مَا لَمْ تَمَسُّوهُنَّ أَوْ تَفْرِضُوا۟ لَهُنَّ فَرِيضَةًۭ ۚ وَمَتِّعُوهُنَّ عَلَى ٱلْمُوسِعِ قَدَرُهُۥ وَعَلَى ٱلْمُقْتِرِ قَدَرُهُۥ مَتَٰعًۢا بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ ۖ حَقًّا عَلَى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ
Ook is het geene zonde, zich van de vrouw te scheiden, zoo lang gij haar niet aangeraakt of haar nog geene huwelijksgift toegekend hebt; doch dan moet gij, de rijke en de arme, ieder naar omstandigheden en billijkheid, voor haar onderhoud zorgen. Dit is de plicht der rechtvaardigen.
lā junāḥa ʿalaykum in ṭallaqtumu l-nisāa mā lam tamassūhunna aw tafriḍū lahunna farīḍatan wamattiʿūhunna ʿalā l-mūsiʿi qadaruhu waʿalā l-muq'tiri qadaruhu matāʿan bil-maʿrūfi ḥaqqan ʿalā l-muḥ'sinīna
Word by word
- لَّا lā (There is) no
- جُنَاحَ junāḥa blame
- عَلَيْكُمْ ʿalaykum upon you
- إِن in if
- طَلَّقْتُمُ ṭallaqtumu you divorce
- ٱلنِّسَآءَ l-nisāa [the] women
- مَا mā whom
- لَمْ lam not
- تَمَسُّوهُنَّ tamassūhunna you have touched
- أَوْ aw nor
- تَفْرِضُوا۟ tafriḍū you specified
- لَهُنَّ lahunna for them
- فَرِيضَةًۭ ۚ farīḍatan an obligation (dower)
- وَمَتِّعُوهُنَّ wamattiʿūhunna And make provision for them
- عَلَى ʿalā upon
- ٱلْمُوسِعِ l-mūsiʿi the wealthy
- قَدَرُهُۥ qadaruhu according to his means
- وَعَلَى waʿalā and upon
- ٱلْمُقْتِرِ l-muq'tiri the poor
- قَدَرُهُۥ qadaruhu according to his means
- مَتَـٰعًۢا matāʿan a provision
- بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ ۖ bil-maʿrūfi in a fair manner
- حَقًّا ḥaqqan a duty
- عَلَى ʿalā upon
- ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ l-muḥ'sinīna the good-doers
Tafsir · Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Divorce before consummating the Marriage
Allah allowed divorce after the marriage contract and before consummating the marriage. Ibn `Abbas, Tawus, Ibrahim and Al-Hasan Al-Basri said that `touched' (mentioned in the Ayah) means sexual intercourse. The husband is allowed to divorce his wife before consummating the marriage or giving the dowry if it was deferred.
The Mut`ah (Gift) at the time of Divorce
Allah commands the husband to give the wife (whom he divorces before consummating the marriage) a gift of a reasonable amount, the rich according to his means and the poor according to his means, to compensate her for her loss. Al-Bukhari reported in his Sahih that Sahl bin Sa`d and Abu Usayd said that Allah's Messenger ﷺ married Umaymah bint Sharahil. When she was brought to the Prophet he extended his hand to her, but she did not like that. The Prophet then ordered Abu Usayd to provide provisions for her along with a gift of two garments.