Lady Fatimah bint Qais (may Allah be pleased with her) narrated: My husband divorced me three times during the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), so I went to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and he did not assign me any residence or maintenance. Mughira narrated: I came to Ibrahim and mentioned this to him, and he said: She is entitled to residence and maintenance. I mentioned to him the statement of Shabi, and he said: Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) used to assign this (residence and maintenance) for the divorced woman. Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Because of the statement of one woman, we cannot leave the Book of our Lord and the Sunnah of our Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him); who knows, perhaps she remembered or perhaps she forgot.

It is narrated from Sayyida Fatimah bint Qais (may Allah be pleased with her) that she was divorced during the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not assign her any residence or maintenance. And that Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "We cannot abandon the Book of our Lord and the Sunnah of our Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) because of what a woman says; I do not know, perhaps she has forgotten."

Shu'bi (may Allah have mercy on him) narrated: Sayyida Fatima bint Qais (may Allah be pleased with her) informed him that her husband gave her three divorces and she spent her waiting period ('iddah) at the house of her paternal cousin, Ibn Umm Maktum (may Allah be pleased with him).

Sayyida Fatimah bint Qais (may Allah be pleased with her) narrated: My husband gave me three divorces. I went to his agent to ask him for maintenance, but he said: "You are entitled to neither residence nor maintenance." So I went to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and mentioned this to him, and he (peace be upon him) said: "He has spoken the truth."

It is narrated from Sayyida Fatimah bint Qais (may Allah be pleased with her): She presented herself before the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and he did not assign her any residence nor maintenance.

Sayyida Fatimah bint Qais (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: My husband gave me three divorces, so the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did not prescribe for me either accommodation or maintenance.

Abu Salamah narrated from Sayyidah Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her): She said: I wrote the book by listening from her mouth.

Lady Fatimah bint Qais (may Allah be pleased with her) narrated: I was the wife of a man from the Banu Makhzum tribe, and he gave me an irrevocable divorce. I sent a message to his family and demanded maintenance from them, but they said:“You have no maintenance due from us.”The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:“There is no maintenance due to you from them, and you must observe the waiting period (‘iddah). Go to the house of Umm Sharik, and do not neglect to inform us when you make a decision regarding yourself.”Then he said:“At Umm Sharik’s house, the early emigrant Muslim brothers come and go. Go to the house of Ibn Umm Maktum, for he is a blind man; even if you take off your clothes, he will not see anything of you. And do not neglect to inform us when you make a decision regarding yourself.”She (Fatimah bint Qais, may Allah be pleased with her) said: Muawiyah bin Abi Sufyan and Abu Jahm al-Adawi (may Allah be pleased with them) both sent me marriage proposals. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:“As for Muawiyah, he is a poor man and has nothing. As for Abu Jahm, he never puts his stick down from his shoulder (he is harsh-tempered). What do you think about Usamah bin Zaid (may Allah be pleased with him)?”Her family did not like him, but she said:“I will marry the one to whom the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) has invited me.”So I married Usamah bin Zaid (may Allah be pleased with him).

Muhammad bin Ibrahim al-Taymi narrated that Lady Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her, said: Fatimah! Fear Allah, you know what its outcome will be.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said regarding Allah Almighty’s statement: «لَا تُخْرِجُوهُنَّ مِن بُيُوتِهِنَّ وَلَا يَخْرُجْنَ إِلَّا أَن يَأْتِينَ بِفَاحِشَةٍ مُّبَيِّنَةٍ» “Do not drive them out of their houses, nor should they leave, unless they commit a clear indecency.”In its explanation, he said: «وَالْفَاحِشَةٍ مُّبَيِّنَةٍ» This means that she becomes a cause of disgrace for her family, so when she does this, it becomes lawful for them to expel her.