What do the Quran and Sunnah say about providing the wife with maintenance after the divorce, while the dowry has been fully paid and there is no child?
A1: Once the waiting period (iddah) has terminated, the wife is responsible for her own expenses. Her divorced husband is under no obligation to pay for her. But if the divorce is revocable then the husband should pay her expenses for the duration of the waiting period. Maintenance, including clothes, housing, and food, must be according to the wife’s social status. The husband should not expel the wife from the house during the waiting period. Q2: My wife refuses to submit herself to me for sexual intercourse. She has been doing this for the past many months without any valid excuse. At present she has gone to her mother’s home without my consent. She does not want to return and persists that she will live with her mother; Is it obligatory on me to pay for her maintenance? A2: In the said supposition in which your wife disobeys you, she is considered Nashiza (a woman who disobeys her husband where she should not). In such case, it is not necessary for you to send her anything. She wil
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