1.0Law Times Journalhttps://lawtimesjournal.inPridhi Choprahttps://lawtimesjournal.in/author/pridhi-chopra/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="PU1ElJIghX"><a href="https://lawtimesjournal.in/maintenance-under-muslim-law/">Maintenance Under Muslim Law</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://lawtimesjournal.in/maintenance-under-muslim-law/embed/#?secret=PU1ElJIghX" width="600" height="338" title="“Maintenance Under Muslim Law” — Law Times Journal" data-secret="PU1ElJIghX" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://lawtimesjournal.in/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/concept-of-Divorce-under-Muslim-law-1.jpg1200628Muslim Marriages are regarded as a contract between the husband and wife, who accepts it by uttering “Qubool hai” thrice and signing the required documents in the presence of witnesses. In Muslim law, maintenance is called Nafaqah. The provision of giving maintenance to a wife is to provide support to women. In Islam, the rights and obligations in a marriage are equal in nature for both husband and wife. If the husband fails to provide maintenance to the wife, she can legally refuse to cohabit with the husband. Likewise, if the wife fails to live with the husband, he is then not bound to support her. Nafaqah or maintenance includes “all those things which are necessary to the support of life, such as food, clothes and lodging.”