Interpretation of verse 231 : 233 of Surat Al-Baqarah

 

 

 

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Surah Al-Baqarah Verses 231 : 233

 

Surah Al-Baqarah  Verse 231

 And when you divorce women and they have fulfilled their prescribed term, either retain them in an acceptable manner or release them in an acceptable manner.

And do not keep them, intending harm, to transgress [against them].

And whoever does that has certainly wronged himself.

And do not take the verses of Allah in jest.

And remember the favor of Allah upon you and what has been revealed to you of the Book and wisdom by which He instructs you.

And fear Allah and know that Allah is Knowing of all things.

 

Surah Al-Baqarah Verses 232

And when you divorce women and they have fulfilled their term, do not prevent them from remarrying their husbands if they agree among themselves on an acceptable basis.

That is instructed to whoever of you believes in Allah and the Last Day.

And that is better for you and purer, and Allah knows and you know not.

Surah Al-Baqarah Verses 233

Mothers may breastfeed their children two complete years for whoever wishes to complete the nursing [period].

Upon the father is their provision and their clothing according to what is acceptable.

No person is charged with more than his capacity.

No mother should be harmed through her child, and no father through his child.

And upon the [father's] heir is [a duty] like that [of the father].

And if they both desire weaning through mutual consent and consultation, there is no blame upon either of them.

And if you wish to have your children nursed by a substitute, there is no blame upon you as long as you give payment according to what is acceptable.

And fear Allah and know that Allah is Seeing of what you do.

 

Interpretation of verse 231 : 233 of Surat Al-Baqarah

 

Interpretation of verse 231  of Surat Al-Baqarah

 

If a man divorces his wife and her waiting period is about to end and he wants to refrain from divorcing her, perhaps they will find something between them that might make one of them soften his heart towards the other.

 Because the waiting period is enough for whoever wants to make this decision, either separation or returning to married life. If they decide to return to married life and the husband reconsider the divorce, then he must follow the ruling of Allah that it should be done in a good manner, i.e., do not remain in married life in order to harm and humiliate the woman. 

The meaning of harm is that you do something that on the surface you want good but inwardly you want evil.

And the same applies to harm in marriage; the man says I do not want to divorce her and I will return her to her home, he says that and he intends to return her to humiliate her and take revenge on her, and Islam does not approve of that; rather, it is forbidden. 

So do not think that when you assault your wife after she recants you that you have wronged her, no, rather you are wronging yourself;

  Because when you attack a person, you have put his Lord on his side. If he prays against you, God will accept his prayer, and by doing so you deprive yourself of God’s pleasure with you. Is there a greater injustice than the injustice that brings God’s wrath upon you? It is not right for anyone to mock what God has revealed of the Book and wisdom, because all these rulings from God who revealed them in His Noble Book are systems that protect the life and dignity of a human being, whether male or female. 

These rulings are a blessing from God that they must remember, and being grateful for the blessing means implementing God’s command in it. Among the blessings are the rulings that protect a person from what they were like in the days of ignorance, when a man would divorce his wife and then return her, then divorce her and return her even a thousand times without any control or bond.  

She was forbidden from having sexual intercourse for months. If a woman’s husband died, she was banished from society and never appeared or left her home, as if she were a germ.

 Before all of that, she was a source of shame for her father, who would kill her before she reached puberty under the pretext of protecting his honor and dignity. 

Then Islam came and settled matters so that there would be no chaos without controls and laws.

 So remember, O believers, the blessing of Allah upon you through Islam, and look at the family system that He has bestowed upon you. You were a nation without civilization and without culture, worshipping idols and waging war and igniting it among yourselves for the most trivial and insignificant reasons, and you were ignorant of reading and writing. Then Allah sent down upon you this advanced, mature legislation. 

So remember this blessing that you are in by the grace of Allah, and fear Allah and do not accuse your religion of missing any legislation for you, for every legislation is ready in Islam, because Allah knows what people’s conditions will be like. Allah, the Almighty, is the Creator of the universe and the Revealer of legislation.

Interpretation of verse 232 of Surat Al-Baqarah

If a woman is divorced, and it is the first divorce or the second divorce, and the waiting period has not ended, then God has permitted her husband to return to her without a dowry, a contract, or any other condition, as if they quarreled and reconciled, then the divorce is counted in the number of divorces. 

However, if the waiting period has ended, he has no right to marry her except with a guardian, a contract, a dowry, and her consent. Here, relatives intervene, and we find them standing in the way of completing the marriage. 

The spouses may have been attracted to each other, and there are emotional and psychological feelings between them that only God Almighty knows about, but the family that entered into the dispute stands in the way of things returning for fear of repeating what happened or for other reasons.

  The wife's family has the right to be reassured for the wife so that the reasons for divorce do not recur. 

They must be reassured that they have come to their senses and that they will live together in goodness, but within the limits and laws of Allah, that the guardian should care about the interests of both parties, advise them to do good, and not prevent the spouses from doing

 So.the family must know that the wisdom of the legislation in making divorce one or two times is that Allah gives them a chance once or twice to fix what is between them .

 If Allah, who knows people's souls, has permitted them to divorce once or twice, and warned the husband against the third divorce because of the harm it causes, then Allah is the just judge and they should not take Allah's covenant, which is marriage and divorce, and Allah's rulings as a joke. 

Therefore, the family should only advise and remind the spouses of Allah's rulings so that they implement them.

 This is the law of your Lord and an admonition to you, O you who believe in Allah, a wise Lord, a legislator, who is knowledgeable about what is good for people's souls and you fear Allah's reckoning on the Day of Judgment. Know that Allah knows that their return is purer for their hearts because He knows and you do not know.

 

Interpretation of verse 233 of Surat Al-Baqarah

Look at the greatness of Islam, here Allah Almighty is talking about mothers breastfeeding their children after divorce, divorce creates discord between the man and the woman, and Allah Almighty looks at the matter with the view of the Most Gracious, the All-Knowing of His servants, 

He wants to preserve the fruit that resulted from marriage before discord occurs between the parents, so He says to us: Do not make your discord, disagreement and divorce a misery for the innocent infant.

The verse speaks about divorced women who breastfeed their children, and God Almighty has legislated the rights of the child. over his mother, which is to breastfeed him for two full years, meaning two years

, and what is meant is that the maximum period of breastfeeding is two years and no more. If she wants to complete breastfeeding, it is two full years calculated according to the Hijri month, then Allah Almighty explained the right of the child over his father

which is that his father spends on him and dresses him in a reasonable manner, meaning according to his financial ability and as is customary among people.

 The divorced woman is not allowed to burden the child's father with more than he can bear, and she should be satisfied with reasonable maintenance.

He should not harm the child's mother by preventing him from spending on his child, and he should not leave her asking people for his sustenance and clothing, and the child's mother should not harm his father and exploit the situation and ask the father for what he cannot bear or deprive him of seeing the child. 

These rulings are from a merciful Lord who guaranteed the child's right because he does not enjoy the warmth of life between the father and mother.

And Allah has legislated from His mercy the right of the infant so that if the parent who is responsible for his care dies, Allah the Wise has legislated that if the father dies, the responsibility for maintenance falls on whoever inherits from the infant's father.

 It is true that the infant inherits from his father, but the care of the orphaned child falls on whoever inherits the guardianship and has guardianship over the money that the infant inherits.

 Thus, Allah the Almighty guaranteed the infant's right with the one for whom he was born, which is his father if he is alive, and with whoever inherits from the father if he dies.

Then the verse clarifies that the father and mother must meet to consult and agree on matters related to the children, and it begins with breastfeeding.  

The verse has shown that the maximum period of breastfeeding is two years, calculated according to the Hijri month, and this is for those who want to complete breastfeeding. Perhaps the child needs this, so if they find him healthy, and if they want to be satisfied with less than two years, there is nothing wrong with that, but with consultation between the spouses and without affecting the health of the child.

If they want to bring a nurse to breastfeed the child and feed him, especially if the mother's health is not sufficient to feed the infant, the guardian must give her her right, which is the cost of breastfeeding in a reasonable manner, 

And Allah warns against taking a ruling from His rulings and claiming outwardly that he applies it, but he does not care about the spirit of these rulings. 

An example of this is the father who wants to deceive society. When the father sees his son's wet nurse in front of people, he claims that he spends on her and gives her her full wages and treats her with warmth and honor, but the reality is the opposite.

And Allah warns against doing this: You are not dealing with society, but with Allah, and Allah sees what you do.