Does a divorced woman deserve financial support from her ex-husband, who apostatized from Islam after her marriage to him and her bearing children for him, during her waiting period ('iddah)?
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A woman is entitled to maintenance during the period if the separation was due to the husband's apostasy from Islam, because she does not become separated from him until her iddah period has concluded.
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