Fatima bint Qais (Allah be pleased with her) reported that her husband divorced her with three pronouncements and Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) made no provision for her lodging and maintenance allowance. She (further said): Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said to me: When your period of 'Idda is over, inform me. So I informed him. (By that time) Mu'awiyah, Abu Jahm and Usama bin Zaid had given her the proposal of marriage. Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: So far as Mu'awiyah is concerned, he is a poor man without any property. So far as Abu Jahm is concerned, he is a great beater of women, but Usama bin Zaid... She pointed with her hand that she did not approve of the idea of marrying Usama. But Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon himn) said: Obedience to Allah and obedience to His Messenger is better for thee. She said: So I married him, and I became an object of envy.

Fatima bint Qais (Allah be pleased with her) reported: My husband Abu 'Amr bin Hafs bin al-Mughirahh sent 'Ayyish bin Abu Rabi'a to me with a divorce, and he also sent through him five sa's of dates and five sa's of barley. I said: Is there no maintenance allowance for me but only this, and I cannot even spend my 'Idda period in your house? He said: No. She said: I dressed myself and came to Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) . He said: How many pronouncements of divorce have been made for you? I said: Three. He said what he ('Ayyish bin Abu Rabi'a) had stated was true. There is no maintenance allowance for you. Spend 'Idda period in the house of your cousin, Ibn Umm Maktum. He is blind and you can put off your garment in his presence. And when you have spent your Idda period, you inform me. She said: Mu'awiyah and Abu'l-Jahm (RA) were among those who had given me the proposal of marriage. Thereupon Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: Mu'awiyah is destitute and in poor condition and Abu'l-Jahm is very harsh with women (or he beats women, or like that), you should take Usama bin Zaid (as your husband).

Abu Bakr (RA) bin Abu'l-Jahm reported: I and Abu Salama b 'Abdul Rahman came to fatima bint Qais (Allah be pleased with her) and asked her (about divorce, etc.). She said: I was the wife of Abu 'Amr bin Hafs bin al-Mughirah, and he set out to join the battle of Najran. The rest of the hadith is the same, but he made this addition: "She said: I married him and Allah hornoured me on account of Ibn Zaid and Allah favoured me because of him."

Abu Bakr (RA) reported: I and Abu Salama came to Fatima bint Qais (Allah be pleased with her) during the time of Ibn Zubair (RA) and she narrated to us that her husband gave her an irrevocable divorce. (The rest of the hadith is the same.)

Fatima bint Qais (Allah be pleased with her) reported: My husband divorced me with three pronouncements and Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) made no provision for lodging and maintenance allowance.

Hisham reported on the authority of his father that Yahya bin Sa'id bin al-'As married the daughter of 'Abdul Rahman bin al-Hakam, and he divorced her and he turned her out from his house. 'Urwa (RA) criticised this (action) of theirs (the members of the family of her in-laws). They said: Verily, Fatima too went out (of her in-laws' house). 'Urwa said: I came to 'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) and told her about it and she said: There is no good for Fatima bint Qais (Allah be pleased with her) in making mention of it.

Fatima bint Qais (Allah be pleased with her) reported that she said: Allah's Messenger, my husband has divorced me with three pronouncements and I am afraid that I may be put to hardship, and so he commanded her and so she moved (to another house).

'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) said: It is no good for Fatima to make mention of it,i.e. her statement: "There is no lodging and maintenance allowance (for the divorced women)."

Ibn al-Qasim narrated on the authority of his father that 'Urwa bin Zubair (RA) said to 'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her): Didn't you see that such and such daughter of al-Hakam was divorced by her husband with an irrevocable divorce, and she left (the house of her husband)? Thereupon 'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) said: It was bad that she did. He (Urwa) said: Have you not heard the words of Fatima? Thereupon she said: There is no good for her in making mention of it.

Jabir bin 'Abdullah (RA) reported: My maternal aunt was divorced, and she intended to pluck her dates. A person scolded her for having come out (during the period of 'Idda). She came to Allah's Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) (may peace be upon him.) and he said: Certainly you can pluck (dates) from your palm trees, for perhaps you may give charity or do an act of kindness.