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Surah 065 · Madinah

Aṭ-Ṭalāq

الطلاق

"Divorce"

Number
65 of 114
Verses
12
Revealed
Madinah

The specific ethics of the hardest kind of separation.

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23 passages reference this surah

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Book 12: Book of Marriage
Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din
  1. "where you place your beloved daughter. Protecting her is crucial, as divorce leaves a woman vulnerable while a husband can divorce at will. Marrying a daughter to an oppressor, corrupt person, or drunkard harms one's religion and invites Allah's displeasure."

  2. "the hypocrites. Now, the husband should observe four matters in divorce. The first condition is that he should divorce her during a period of purity in which he has not been intimate with her."

  3. "to a single divorce and not combine it with three. A single divorce after the waiting period achieves the intended purpose and allows for reconciliation if he regrets during the waiting"

Book 15: Friendship and Brotherhood
Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din
  1. "al-Shafi'i changed. In response, al-Shafi'i wrote him these verses, Go, for your affection in my heart is forever divorced, not like the divorce of those united. If you relent, consider it a single divorce."

  2. "is not blameworthy is that some say solitude is preferable. However, severing brotherhood once established is prohibited and blameworthy, much like divorce is more detested by Allah than remaining unmarried."

Book 1: The Book of Knowledge
Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din
  1. "about the divorce of someone coerced. Despite this, Malik narrated in front of people, there is no divorce for the coerced, and was whipped for it, yet he refused to stop narrating the hadith."

  2. "This understanding is about instilling fear and warning, not about the intricate details of legal matters like divorce or contracts, which can harden the heart. Allah, the Almighty, said,"

Book 21: The Book of the Wonders of the Heart
Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya' 'Ulum al-Din
  1. "My soul tells me to divorce Hala. The prophet replied, Wait, for marriage is part of my sunnah. This hadith is reported by Tirmidhi al-Hakim in Navadir al-Usul. In this narration, there is Qasim bin Ubaid Allah al-Umari, who was declared a liar by Ahmed bin Hanbal and"

  2. "and determination, however, are not considered the conversation of the soul. This concept is illustrated in a narration from Uthman ibn Mazun, who told the prophet, peace be upon him, O messenger of Allah, my soul tells me to divorce Khaula. The prophet"

Book 14: The Lawful and the Unlawful
Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din
  1. "and the other says, if not a crow, my wife is divorced, and the bird's identity is unclear, then no ruling of prohibition is placed on either. However, out of piety, they should avoid the situation and divorce so they might marry others. Makhul advised avoiding in"

  2. "because certainty about the impurity meets certainty about purity, nullifying the presumption. Similarly, here, divorce took place on one of the two wives for sure, but the identity of the divorced one is confused with the non-divorced one."

  3. "where the principle is that the divorce did not occur. Comparing it to the case of the bird, when the impurity of one of two vessels is established but its identity is confused, it is not permissible to use either without effort,"

Book 23: The Book of Breaking the Two Desires
Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya' 'Ulum al-Din
  1. "When asked why he did not divorce her, he explained, ìI fear she might marry someone who would not tolerate her, and they would be harmed by her.î This illustrates how a devotee should behave in marriage. However, if one can abstain from marriage, it is better,"

  2. "marrying a wealthy woman incurs certain traits, a high dowry, delayed wedding, loss of service, increased expenses, and difficulty in pursuing divorce for fear of losing her wealth. In"

Volume One: From Tangier to the Lands of the East
Ibn Battuta · Rihla — The Travels of Ibn Battuta
  1. "and illnesses and maladies are scarce among them. Sheikh Khalil was married to the daughter of Judge Najm al-Din al-Tabari. He doubted her divorce and separated from her. After him, she was married by the scholar Shihab al-Din al-Nuwairi, one of the prominent"

  2. "The ruler supported the action and wrote a religious contract against Ibn Taymiyyah, including reprehensible matters. Among them was that a divorce pronounced three times in one utterance only counted as one,"

  3. "Sa'id's death and was his cousin. Abu Sa'id ordered him to divorce her, and he married Baghdad Khatun, who became the most cherished among his women. Among the Turks and Tatars, women hold great influence."

Volume Two: From India to the Lands of the West
Ibn Battuta · Rihla — The Travels of Ibn Battuta
  1. "taqlam silent but open, followed by talaq the first, located at. We traveled a distance of seven miles from the city, as the minister instructed us to meet him. We set out, each of us carrying gifts such as horses, camels, fruits from Khorasan, Egyptian"

  2. "When they prepare to leave, they divorce them, which is a form of temporary marriage. The women do not depart from their homeland, and I have not seen more harmonious companionship"

Book 24: Evils of the Tongue
Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din
  1. "This was before the verse of the hijab was revealed. He offered to divorce one of them for the Prophet to marry Aisha who was present asked him is she more beautiful or are you? He replied I am more beautiful and more honorable than her"

Yusha, al-Khidr & Ilyas
Ibn Kathir · Stories of the Prophets
  1. "When the year passed the king asked her about a child. She replied, children are from God. If he wills it will be and if he does not it will not. His father commanded him to divorce her and marry another woman, a widow who had already"

Book 28: Condemnation of Status and Showing Off
Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din
  1. "Refusing leadership is easier than dismissal after engagement, as dismissal is painful. As the saying goes, dismissal is the divorce of men. Once started, a person does not willingly accept dismissal, leans toward appeasement,"

The Story of Ismail
Ibn Kathir · Stories of the Prophets
  1. "when he was fourteen years old. It has been previously mentioned that he married a woman from the Amalekites when he matured, and that his father instructed him to divorce her, so he did."

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