"O Prophet, why do you prohibit [your- self from] what God has made lawful for you, seeking the approval of your wives? And God is Forgiving and Mer- ciful."— Sahih Intl

"God has already ordained for you [Muslims] the dissolution of your oaths. And God is your protector, and He is the Knowing, the Wise."— Sahih Intl

"And [remember] when the Prophet confided to one of his wives a state- ment; and when she informed [another] of it and God showed it to him, he made known part of it and ignored a part. And when he informed her about it, she said, “Who told you this?” He said, “I was informed by the Knowing, the Acquainted.”"— Sahih Intl

"If you two [wives] repent to God, [it is best], for your hearts have deviated. But if you cooperate against him - then indeed God is his protector, and Ga- briel and the righteous of the believers and the angels, moreover, are [his] as- sistants."— Sahih Intl

"Perhaps his Lord, if he divorced you [all], would substitute for him wives better than you - submitting [to God], believing, devoutly obedient, repentant, worshipping, and traveling - [ones] previously married and virgins."— Sahih Intl

"O you who have believed, protect yourselves and your families from a e, Fire whose fuel is people and stones, over which are [appointed] angels, harsh and severe; they do not disobey God in what He commands them but do what they are commanded."— Sahih Intl

"O you who have disbelieved, make no excuses that Day. You will only be re- compensed for what you used to do."— Sahih Intl

"O you who have believed, repent to God with sincere repentance. Per- haps your Lord will remove from you your misdeeds and admit you into gardens beneath which rivers flow [on] the Day when God will not disgrace the Prophet and those who believed with him. Their light will proceed be- fore them and on their right; they will say, “Our Lord, perfect for us our light and forgive us. Indeed, You are over all things competent.”"— Sahih Intl

"O Prophet, strive against the disbeliev- ers and the hypocrites and be harsh upon them. And their refuge is Hell, and wretched is the destination."— Sahih Intl

"God presents an example of those who disbelieved: the wife of Noah and the wife of Lot. They were under two of Our righteous servants but betrayed them, so they [i.e., those prophets] did not avail them from God at all, and it was said, “Enter the Fire with those who enter.”"— Sahih Intl

"And God presents an example of those who believed: the wife of Pharaoh, when she said, “My Lord, build for me near You a house in Paradise and save"— Sahih Intl

"And [the example of] Mary, the daugh- ter of ‘Imrān, who guarded her chastity, so We blew into [her garment] through Our angel [i.e., Gabriel], and she be- lieved in the words of her Lord and His scriptures and was of the devoutly ob- edient."— Sahih Intl