It is narrated from Imam ‘Ali (as) that bad temper hurts one’s family.

It is narrated from Imam ‘Ali (as) that bad temper hurts one’s family.[^2] The blessed Chapter mainly treats of divorce with which it opens by addressing the Noble Prophet of the Islamic faith (S) as the great leader of the Islamic community and states the general ruling by a plural verbal form, saying: "O Messenger!

Whenever you intend to divorce your wives, do so at the time of their prescribed periods.” It is the first Injunction from amongst the five Injunctions mentioned in this blessed Verse. The Qur’anic exegetes maintain that the blessed Verse makes a reference to the ruling as per which the divorce formula should be uttered when the woman is neither menstruating nor had sexual intercourse with her husband.

It is mentioned elsewhere in the Holy Qur’an ^3 that the prescribed time is specified as the passage of three menstrual periods (thalatha quru’). The blessed Verse in question emphasizes that giving divorce should follow the period of not having menstruation.

In other words, giving divorce is solely possible at the time of the woman’s not having the menstrual period, since in case divorce is given at the time of menstruation, the beginning of the waiting period (‘idda) will be separated from the beginning of the divorce and the beginning of the waiting period follows the period of not menstruating.

Likewise, in case the woman is not menstruating while having sexual intercourse with her husband, such not menstruating may not indicate that semen has not been ejaculated into the uterus. At any rate, it is the first requirement for giving divorce.

According to numerous Prophetic traditions, in case a man divorces his wife while she is menstruating, the divorce will be invalidated until the consummation of her waiting period.[^4] Traditions narrated from the Noble Prophet’s recurrently bear testimony to the same and even it is mentioned as the exegesis of the blessed Verse in question.[^5] The blessed Verse proceeds to treat of the second ruling concerning counting the waiting period, saying: "Count the waiting period." The blessed Verse urges Muslims to carefully attend to waiting period consisting of the passage of three menstrual periods ending in the beginning of the third period.

Failure to attend to the point in question may result in going to the extreme in counting the required number of days and the woman may thereby incur some loss, since she may be deterred from remarriage.