Who is responsible to look after a woman after divorce?

Q: When a woman is divorced, who’s responsibility she becomes and what are they responsible off?

A: If a woman is poor, then those who will share in her inheritance after her death are responsible to see to her needs in proportion to the their shares of inheritance.

And Allah Ta’ala knows best.

Answered by: Mufti Zakaria Makada
Checked & Approved: Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)