These wives who divorce by khula must have been very desperate to end their marriages on condition that they give up their dowry and/or alimony especially for those women who are not from rich families. And this is where our concern is. Divorce in Islam, just like marriage, is “halal”. When marriage stops working after counseling, and the wife still wants her divorce, she should not be blackmailed into khula. This is most especially true when both parents want custody of the child. Allah sent us the Holy Qur'an, showing us how to live. These are holy orders and men should not play with their interpretation. When a couple enters into marriage, everything that follows is in the hands of Allah. Pray that couples be true to Islam and to themselves, because only then will they be able to live and then die as real Muslims. Noona Misa