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Surah 2 Al-Baqara — Ayah 236

سُورَةُ البَقَرَةِ · Medinan · Yakub Ibn Nugman

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

Никахлангач якынлык кылмыйча талак кылсагыз, яки никах вакытында мәһерне тәгаенләмәгән булсагыз, сезгә гөнаһ юк. Якынлык кылмыйча талак кылынган хатыннарга берәз нәрсә бирегез! Якынлык кылмыйча талак кылынган хатыннарга көч җиткән хәтле мал бирү изге мөэминнәрнең хаклары булды.

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.