 let the women live in the same manner as you live yourselves in accordance with your means and do not harass them with a view to making their lives a misery. and if they happen to be with child spend freely on them until they deliver their burden and if they nurse your offspring give them their recompense and take counsel with one another in a fair manner . and if both of you find it difficult let another woman nurse it on behalf of him .
أسكنوهن من حيث سكنتم من وجدكم ولا تضاروهن لتضيقوا عليهن وإن كن أولات حمل فأنفقوا عليهن حتى يضعن حملهن فإن أرضعن لكم فآتوهن أجورهن وأتمروا بينكم بمعروف وإن تعاسرتم فسترضع له أخرى