Maintenance for the Divorced Woman in the State of Ba'in Who Is Pregnant
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, if a woman is divorced with a final divorce and is pregnant, is she entitled to maintenance?
The Shaykh:
If she is pregnant.
The questioner:
If a woman is divorced with a final divorce and is pregnant, is she entitled to maintenance?
The Shaykh:
The maintenance is for the child, not for her. She is provided for only on account of the child. She is provided for on account of the child; the maintenance for the pregnancy is estimated for the child, and she is provided for only to the extent of the maintenance for her pregnancy. For this reason, the jurists say that the maintenance is for the pregnancy, not for her. Allah (Mighty and Majestic) says:[At-Talaq 65:6] Thus, He made maintenance obligatory for the pregnancy until its delivery. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, if a woman is divorced with a final divorce and is pregnant, is she entitled to maintenance?
The Shaykh:
If she is pregnant.
The questioner:
If a woman is divorced with a final divorce and is pregnant, is she entitled to maintenance?
The Shaykh:
The maintenance is for the child, not for her. She is provided for only on account of the child. She is provided for on account of the child; the maintenance for the pregnancy is estimated for the child, and she is provided for only to the extent of the maintenance for her pregnancy. For this reason, the jurists say that the maintenance is for the pregnancy, not for her. Allah (Mighty and Majestic) says:
And if they should be pregnant, then spend on them until they give birth.
وَإِن كُنَّ أُولَاتِ حَمْلٍ فَأَنفِقُوا عَلَيْهِنَّ حَتَّىٰ يَضَعْنَ حَمْلَهُنَّ
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، باب النفقات — islamhouse.com (50:45)
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