Askinuhunna min haythu sakantum min wujdikum wa laa tudarruhunna li tudayyiqu 'alayhinna wa in kunna ulati hamlin fa anfiqu 'alayhinna hatta yada'na hamlahunna fa in arda'na lakum faatuhunna ujurahunna wa tamiru baynakum bi ma'rufin wa in ta'asartum fa saturdi'u lahu ukhra
Keep the women in the same style as you live, according to your means. And do not harm them, so as to restrict them. And if they are bearing (child), then spend on them until they deliver their burden: and if they suckle for you, give them their recompense: and take mutual counsel together, according to what is just and reasonable. And if you find yourselves in difficulties, let another woman suckle instead
The following is an excerpt of commentary on this ayah, from Tafsir Ibn Kathir:
Allah the Exalted orders His faithful servants that when one of them divorces his wife, he should provide housing for her until the end of her Iddah period... Qatadah said, 'If you can only afford to accommodate her in a corner of your house, then do so'... Muqatil bin Hayyan said, "do not annoy her to force her to pay her way out nor expel her from your house'... when pregnant women give birth and they are irrevocably divorced by the expiration of the Iddah, then at that time they may either suckle the child or not. But that is only after she nourishes him with the milk, that is the early on milk which the infant's well-being depends upon. Then, if she suckles, she has the right to compensation for it. She is allowed to enter into a contract with the father or his representative in return for whatever payment they agree to. The affairs of the divorced couple should be managed in a just way without causing harm to either one of them. if the divorced couple disagrees, because the woman asks for an unreasonable fee for suckling their child, and the father refuses to pay the amount or offers an unreasonable amount, he may find another woman to suckle his child. If the mother agrees to accept the amount that was to be paid to the woman who agreed to suckle the child, then she has more right to suckle her own child
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