وَإِنِ
ٱمۡرَأَةٌ
خَافَتۡ
مِنۢ
بَعۡلِهَا
نُشُوزًا
أَوۡ
إِعۡرَاضٗا
فَلَا
جُنَاحَ
عَلَيۡهِمَآ
أَن
يُصۡلِحَا
بَيۡنَهُمَا
صُلۡحٗاۚ
وَٱلصُّلۡحُ
خَيۡرٞۗ
وَأُحۡضِرَتِ
ٱلۡأَنفُسُ
ٱلشُّحَّۚ
وَإِن
تُحۡسِنُواْ
وَتَتَّقُواْ
فَإِنَّ
ٱللَّهَ
كَانَ
بِمَا
تَعۡمَلُونَ
خَبِيرٗا
١٢٨
If a wife fears high-handedness or alienation from her husband, neither of them will be blamed if they come to a peaceful settlement, for peace is best. Although human souls are prone to selfishness, if you do good and are mindful of God, He is well aware of all that you do.
— M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
And if a woman fears from her husband contempt or evasion, there is no sin upon them if they make terms of settlement between them - and settlement is best. And present in [human] souls is stinginess.1 But if you do good and fear Allāh - then indeed Allāh is ever, of what you do, Aware.
— Saheeh International
Lee Tafsir
Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The Ruling Concerning Desertion on the Part of the Husband
Allah states, and thus legislates accordingly, that sometimes, the man inclines away from his wife, sometimes towards her and sometimes he parts with her. In the first case, when the wife fears that her husband is steering away from her or de
…The Ruling Concerning Desertion on the Part of the Husband
Allah states, and thus legislates accordingly, that sometimes, the man inclines away from hi
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