Is a husband obliged to provide maintenance to his wife after divorcing her?

Summary

A divorced wife is in principle entitled to maintenance from her former husband during her iddah, covering food, clothing and housing. The entitlement depends on the type of iddah. A wife in a revocable (raj’i) talak iddah receives full maintenance unless she was divorced because of nusyuz. A wife in a final (ba’in) talak iddah must be given housing, but other maintenance is obligatory only if she is pregnant, while the majority of scholars hold that maintenance is not obligatory during the iddah of death. Section 65(1) of the Federal Territories Islamic Family Law provisions ends the right to maintenance when the iddah expires or the wife becomes nusyuz.

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