سورة الطلاق

Ali ibn Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him): أَسْکِنُوهُنَّ مِنْ حَیْثُ سَکَنتُم مِّن وُجْدِکُمْ [Lodge them where you lodge according to your means]. A divorced woman over whom her husband has the right of return (rujuʿ) — as long as she is in her ʿidda (waiting period), her husband must provide her maintenance and lodging; and if she is pregnant, he must bear her expenses until she delivers her child.

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Abu Basir said: I asked the Imam (peace be upon him) about a woman who has been divorced three times: "Does she have the right to lodging [in the husband's house] and to maintenance?" He said: "Is she pregnant?" I said: "No." He said: "No [she has no right]."

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): When a man divorces his wife, he must not harm her by tightening the situation upon her so that she is forced to leave the place before her waiting period is completed; for Allah the Mighty and Majestic has forbidden this and said: وَ لَا تُضَارُّوهُنَّ لِتُضَیِّقُوا عَلَیْهِنَّ [And do not injure them in order that you may straiten them].

Imam Ali (peace be upon him): Whenever a man divorces his wife and the wife claims that she is pregnant, [the wife] must wait nine months. If she gives birth to a child [her waiting period is complete], and otherwise she must observe a waiting period of three months, and after that she is separated from him (the husband). This [ruling] applies when her pregnancy is not evident; but if it is established that she is pregnant, the man must provide her maintenance until she gives birth to her child — just as Allah the Exalted said: وَ إِنْ کُنَّ أُولاتِ حَمْلٍ فَأَنْفِقُوا عَلَیْهِنَّ حَتَّی یَضَعْنَ حَمْلَهُنَّ [And if they are pregnant, spend on them until they lay down their burden].

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): If a man divorces a woman while she is pregnant, he must provide her maintenance until she gives birth; and when she gives birth, he must give her her due, and must not cause her harm (must not reduce her wage) — unless he finds a woman whose fee for suckling is less than hers. In that case, if she agrees to that wage, she has the greater right to suckle her own child.

Imam Baqir (peace be upon him): As for the words of Allah the Exalted: وَ إِن کُنَّ أُولَاتِ حَمْلٍ فَأَنفِقُوا عَلَیْهِنَّ حَتَّی یَضَعْنَ حَمْلَهُنَّ فَإِنْ أَرْضَعْنَ لَکُمْ فَآتُوهُنَّ أُجُورَهُنَّ وَ أْتَمِرُوا بَیْنَکُم بِمَعْرُوفٍ وَ إِن تَعَاسَرْتُمْ [And if they are pregnant, spend on them until they lay down their burden; then if they suckle for you, give them their recompense, and enjoin one another among you to do good; and if you disagree] — He says: "If the woman agrees, she suckles the child; and if the man is not content that his child should remain with her," He says: فَسَتُرْضِعُ لَهُ أُخْرَی* لِیُنفِقْ ذُو سَعَةٍ مِّن سَعَتِهِ وَ مَن قُدِرَ عَلَیْهِ رِزْقُهُ فَلْیُنفِقْ مِمَّا آتَاهُ اللهُ [Then another woman shall suckle for him. Let the one of ample means spend from his ample means, and whoever has his provision straitened, let him spend from what Allah has given him].

Imam Baqir (peace be upon him): A woman who has been divorced three times has no right to maintenance or lodging in her husband's house; that [right] is only for the one to whom the husband has the right of return.