A woman divorced three times: if she is pregnant, is maintenance due for her and her pregnancy, or for the pregnancy only? And likewise after delivery?
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The questioner : Your Eminence, is a woman who has been divorced three times and is pregnant entitled to the cost of hospital visits and purchasing medication? And after delivery, is she entitled to any right other than the right to breastfeeding, such as housing for the newborn?
The Shaykh : A woman divorced with the final of the three divorces: her husband owes her no maintenance, but he must provide for the pregnancy for the sake of the fetus. Accordingly, whatever is needed for the fetus, her husband must provide for it. After delivery, the provision is specifically for the child; that is, the cost of breastfeeding is on him, and naturally the clothes of the boy and the like are all on him. But the food of the mother after delivery is not on him. Allah the Exalted said:[At-Talaq 65:6] What is it? [At-Talaq 65:6]
The Shaykh : A woman divorced with the final of the three divorces: her husband owes her no maintenance, but he must provide for the pregnancy for the sake of the fetus. Accordingly, whatever is needed for the fetus, her husband must provide for it. After delivery, the provision is specifically for the child; that is, the cost of breastfeeding is on him, and naturally the clothes of the boy and the like are all on him. But the food of the mother after delivery is not on him. Allah the Exalted said: