Is it permissible to divorce one's wife while she is pregnant?
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Divorcing a pregnant woman is a Sunni (sanctioned by ) divorce, contrary to what many common people believe—that it is against the Sunnah and has no basis. The of Ibn 'Umar, narrated by Muslim, indicates the permissibility of divorcing a pregnant woman. This is the view of the majority of scholars, such as Ash-Shafi'i, Malik, and Ahmad, as explicitly stated by An-Nawawi and Ibn Al-Qayyim.
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