Hazrat Aamir (may Allah have mercy on him) says that Islam has increased in strictness.

Hazrat Qatadah (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that a man gave his wife two divorces during the period of ignorance. Then he accepted Islam and gave his wife one divorce in Islam. Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) asked Hazrat Abdur Rahman bin Auf (may Allah be pleased with him) about this matter, so he replied that the divorce given in the state of polytheism has no validity.

Hazrat Ikrimah (may Allah have mercy on him), in the commentary of the verse { وَلاَ یَحِلُّ لَہُنَّ أَنْ یَکْتُمْنَ مَا خَلَقَ اللَّہُ فِی أَرْحَامِہِنَّ } of the Holy Qur'an, says that it refers to menstruation, and Hazrat Khalid says that it refers to blood.

Hazrat Mujahid (may Allah have mercy on him), in the commentary of the verse { وَلاَ یَحِلُّ لَہُنَّ أَنْ یَکْتُمْنَ مَا خَلَقَ اللَّہُ فِی أَرْحَامِہِنَّ } of the Holy Qur'an, says that it refers to pregnancy and menstruation, and Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him) says that it refers to menstruation.

Hazrat Mujahid (may Allah have mercy on him), in the commentary of the verse { وَلاَ یَحِلُّ لَہُنَّ أَنْ یَکْتُمْنَ مَا خَلَقَ اللَّہُ فِی أَرْحَامِہِنَّ } of the Holy Qur'an, says that it means a woman says, "I am pregnant," while she is not pregnant, or she says, "I will become pregnant," while she will not become pregnant.

Hazrat Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), in the explanation of the verse of the Holy Qur'an { وَلاَ یَحِلُّ لَہُنَّ أَنْ یَکْتُمْنَ مَا خَلَقَ اللَّہُ فِی أَرْحَامِہِنَّ }, says that it refers to menstruation and pregnancy, and Ibrahim says that it refers to pregnancy.

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Hazrat Dhahhak, in the commentary of the verse { وَلاَ یَحِلُّ لَہُنَّ أَنْ یَکْتُمْنَ مَا خَلَقَ اللَّہُ فِی أَرْحَامِہِنَّ } of the Holy Quran, states that it refers to offspring and menstruation.

Hazrat Mujahid, in the commentary of the verse { وَلاَ یَحِلُّ لَہُنَّ أَنْ یَکْتُمْنَ مَا خَلَقَ اللَّہُ فِی أَرْحَامِہِنَّ } of the Holy Quran, states that it means it is not permissible for a divorced woman to say that she is menstruating when she is not menstruating, nor is it permissible for her to say that she is pregnant when she is not pregnant, and when she is pregnant, it is not correct for her to say that she is not pregnant.

Hazrat Ikrimah, in the commentary of the verse { وَلاَ یَحِلُّ لَہُنَّ أَنْ یَکْتُمْنَ مَا خَلَقَ اللَّہُ فِی أَرْحَامِہِنَّ } of the Holy Qur'an, says that it refers to menstruation.