Can a women divorce her husband while she is pregnant????????
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I have a simple question. Can a women divorce her husband while she is
pregnant????????
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Can wife divorce
when pregnant
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His
help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide,
and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear
witness that there is none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear
witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His
Messengers.
The state of the pregnancy of the wife has absolutely no
bearing or relation to her right to exercise her option to seek or initiate a
divorce proceedings against her husband in Islam, if indeed she wishes to do
so.
Allah Says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 2 Surah Baqarah verses 227-228:
227 But if their
intention is firm for divorce Allah heareth and knoweth all things.
228 Divorced women shall wait concerning themselves for three monthly
periods nor is it lawful for them to hide what Allah hath created in their
wombs, if they have faith in Allah and the Last Day.
The state of the pregnancy of the wife has a direct
bearing on the period of ‘iddah’ or waiting period after a divorce has been
pronounced. When a divorce is
pronounced, the ‘iddah’ or waiting period of the wife who is not pregnant is
her three menstruation periods; but if she is pregnant, her period of ‘iddah’
is until she delivers the baby.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only
due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me
alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is
the Only Source of Strength.
Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan
Wister