Wa qaola huu "WALIL MUTALLAQAATI MATAAUN BIL MAAROOFE HAQQAN ALAL

MUTTAQEEN" qaala 'Abdur Rahman bin Zaid bin Aslam lamma nazala qaola huu Ta'alaa "MATTAUN BIL MAROOFE HAQQAN ALAL MOHSINEEN" (II.236) qaala rajulun "in sheto ahsanto fafa'alato wa in sheto lam af'al" fa, anzala Allaaho haaza hil aayaha "WA LIL MUTALLAQAATI MATAAUN BIL MAAROOFE HAQQAN ALAL MUTTAQEEN" (II. 241) wa qad istadalla ba haaza hil ayaha man zahabe min al ulamaae ila wujuub il mata'ata likulle mutalaqaatin sawaan kaanat mufawwazatan aw mafruzan laha aw mutallaqatan qabl al

masiisaw madkhoolan bihaa wa hua qaolun 'an AL SHAFEI razi Ullaah alaeh.

Regarding the Ayat "AND FOR DIVORCEES REASONABLE PROVISION IS DUE FROM THE RIGHTEOUS" Said Abdur Rahman bin Zaid bin Aslam "When God revealed the Ayat "REASONABLE PROVISION IS DUE FROM THE KINDLY". (II. 236) someone said 'If I wish to be kind I may pay and otherwise not.' Then God revealed this Ayat: 'AND FOR DIVORCEES IS DUE FROM THE RIGHTEOUS'. (II. 241) And because of this Ayat a group of scholars hold MATA obligatory in all cases whether of divorce by delegation or of Mahrs paid or of those divorced before consummation or those after consummation so held

IMAM AL SHAFEI (God bless him and his!). (Source: The Nation and the World, 16 June, 1999)