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Is the divorced wife entitled to a portion of her former husband's wealth, which he acquired during their long marriage, given that she has no source of income and relinquished her financial rights in exchange for the divorce?

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A divorced wife has no obligatory right to her husband's money after absolving him, and there is no injustice to her in this, because her kindness to him was met with his kindness to her. Giving by a rich husband to his poor ex-wife from his wealth is a perfection of kindness and not obligatory, just as a rich wife is not obliged to give to her poor husband from her money. A distinction must be made between noble character and obligatory rights. The maintenance of a woman who has no husband and no wealth falls upon her well-off relatives.

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