It is narrated from Sa'id bin al-Musayyib (may Allah have mercy on him) that Sayyiduna Rafi' bin Khadij (may Allah be pleased with him) married the daughter of Muhammad bin Maslamah. Then he wanted to divorce her, so the woman said: "Do not divorce me, keep me in your marriage and fix for me whatever maintenance you wish." So Allah the Exalted revealed this verse: __QUR_N__ "And if a woman fears from her husband contempt or evasion, there is no sin upon them if they make terms of settlement between them." __QUR_N__ Thus, it became the Sunnah that if a woman is in a man's marriage and she becomes old and the husband dislikes her and wants to divorce her, then if the woman makes reconciliation, the man can keep her and fix for her whatever he wishes.