Healing and Starting Over

After the dust settles and the immediate after-shock of divorce passes, Muslim women are provided with an opportunity to start over. This process of starting a new life may involve choosing new friends, a new community, or a new marriage.

Healing the pain from the divorce is an essential prerequisite to starting over. Healing and the process of shedding involve taking time to be prayerful, meditative, and introspective.

We cannot move on without taking time to face and acknowledge our pain and the part we played in contributing to the demise of the union. 

“Taking time to heal is an important part of the healing process. This healing process looks different for every woman, so it is essential to take time to identify what you really need,” Saudia shared with AboutIslam.net.

After the process of healing, many Muslim women open themselves up to new relationships and a chance to start again. Re-marriage can be a beautiful journey for a woman to embark on and it should be navigated with conscious intent and sincere faith in the Creator.

Conclusion

Although divorce is strongly discouraged in Islam, it doesn’t negate it’s jurisprudentially legal permissibility in our religion. Muslim women are often faced with shame, embarrassment, and marginalization amongst their family, friends, and the wider community.

This doesn’t have to be your narrative. Your divorce doesn’t have to be life-shattering. Muslim women are encouraged to find strength in knowing that they are navigating a path that was often navigated by the companions of the Prophet (SAAW).

Muslim women were supported by the beloved Messenger and male companions would often marry widows and divorcees.

This is our Sunna and we must continue to uplift our sisters in their fight to live in accordance with their truth while being in complete submission to Allah (SWT).