Allah commanded divorcing husbands: house her where you dwell; do not harass her; maintain her if pregnant. The fiqh-rights of the divorced woman are structurally Quranic.

Sūrah al-Ṭalăq (the sūrah of divorce, Sūrah 65) is the structurally foundational text of Islamic divorce-law. Allah dedicated an entire sūrah to the topic, indicating the structural importance of the legal-fiqh framework. Verse 6 contains the protective rights of the woman during her ʿiddah (waiting-period after divorce). Read the full verse: 'askinūhunna min ḥaythu sakantum min wujdikum wa-lă tuḍărrūhunna li-tuḍayyiqū ʿalayhinn; wa-in kunna ulăti ḥamlin fa-anfiqū ʿalayhinna ḥattă yaḍaʿna ḥamlahunn; fa-in arḍaʿna lakum fa-ătūhunna ujūrahunna; wa-ʾa-tamirū baynakum bi-maʿrūf; wa-in taʿăsartum fa-saturdiʿu lahu ukhră'. Read each protection. 'askinūhunna min ḥaythu sakantum'. House them where you yourselves dwell. The divorced woman remains in the marital home during her ʿiddah. The husband does not expel her; he does not move her to a lesser dwelling; he provides the same standard of housing he had been providing before the divorce-pronouncement. 'min wujdikum'. According to your means. The housing-standard is calibrated to the husband's means; the wealthy man cannot move his divorced wife to a poor dwelling. 'wa-lă tuḍărrūhunna li-tuḍayyiqū ʿalayhinn'. And do not harass them to make things difficult for them. The Arabic muḍărrah is harming, harassing; the verse forbids the husband from psychological, emotional, or material pressure that would force the wife to leave or to forfeit her rights. The structural protection is direct. 'wa-in kunna ulăti ḥamlin fa-anfiqū ʿalayhinna ḥattă yaḍaʿna ḥamlahunn'. If they are pregnant, maintain them until they deliver. The pregnancy-maintenance extends beyond the typical three-menstrual-cycle ʿiddah; the man continues to provide full nafaqah (maintenance) until the woman delivers. The structural protection of the unborn child and the carrying mother is named. 'fa-in arḍaʿna lakum fa-ătūhunna ujūrahunna'. If they nurse for you, give them their wages. The breastfeeding period (up to two years per the Qurʾanic baseline) is structurally compensated by the father; the divorced mother is paid for nursing the father's child. 'wa-ʾa-tamirū baynakum bi-maʿrūf'. And consult together in kindness. The decisions about the child are made through mutual consultation, not unilaterally. 'wa-in taʿăsartum fa-saturdiʿu lahu ukhră'. If you face difficulties (in the breastfeeding arrangement), let another woman nurse for the father. The structural alternative is named. The Islamic divorce-law, when faithfully practiced, is among the most protective in human history. Compare with non-Islamic divorce-frameworks (medieval European 'divorce' had almost no woman-protection; many modern systems put the burden of protective-enforcement on courts that often fail to protect). The Islamic structure builds the protection into the religious-legal-fiqh framework itself; the believer who divorces is structurally bound to provide. Now consider the modern context. Many Muslim communities have eroded the structural fiqh of divorce. The wife is often expelled from the home immediately after the divorce-pronouncement; the maintenance is delayed or refused; the pregnancy and nursing-period maintenance is contested; the mutual consultation about children breaks down into court-battles. The cure is to restore the Islamic fiqh-structure. The cure has three motions. First, learn the fiqh. Every Muslim should know the structural rights of the divorced woman (and the man's reciprocal rights and the children's rights). The classical texts (Mukhtaṣar al-Quduri for Hanafi; Risalah of Ibn Abi Zayd for Maliki; Umm of al-Shăfiʿī; ʿUmdat al-Fiqh for Hanbali) and modern guides are available. Second, if facing divorce-considerations, prioritize the structural fiqh-process. The Sunnah-divorce is gentle, time-spaced, with reconciliation-windows; not the modern impulsive pronouncement. Third, if you are not facing divorce, work to maintain the marriage; the verse 30:21 (Day 208) named the structural sakīnah-mawaddah-raḥmah design; the marriage that is structurally maintained does not enter the divorce-territory. Pray today: Allāhumma 'aḥ-faẓ zawăjī min al-ṭalăq; wa-in qaddarta al-ṭalăqa fa-ajʿalhu ʿală sunnati nabiyyik. O Allah, preserve my marriage from divorce; and if You decree divorce, make it according to the Sunnah of Your Prophet ﷺ. The structural rights are Allah's design; the protection is His mercy.