Surah Al-Baqarah
لَّا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْكُمْ إِن طَلَّقْتُمُ ٱلنِّسَآءَ مَا لَمْ تَمَسُّوهُنَّ أَوْ تَفْرِضُوا۟ لَهُنَّ فَرِيضَةً ۚ وَمَتِّعُوهُنَّ عَلَى ٱلْمُوسِعِ قَدَرُهُۥ وَعَلَى ٱلْمُقْتِرِ قَدَرُهُۥ مَتَـٰعًۢا بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ ۖ حَقًّا عَلَى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ
Lā junāḥa ‘alaikum in ṭallaqtumun-nisā'a mā lam tamassūhunna au tafriḍū lahunna farīḍah(tan), wa matti‘ūhunna ‘alal-mūsi‘i qadaruhū wa ‘alal-muqtiri qadaruhū matā‘am bil-ma‘rūf(i), ḥaqqan ‘alal-muḥsinīn(a).
There is no blame upon you if you divorce women you have not touched nor specified for them an obligation. But give them [a gift of] compensation - the wealthy according to his capability and the poor according to his capability - a provision according to what is acceptable, a duty upon the doers of good.
📝 Footnotes
73) The mut'ah referred to here is a consolatory gift given by a husband to his divorced wife to soothe her feelings, in addition to the mandatory maintenance (alimony) that he must provide according to his financial capability.