The highest and lowest parting gift

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: The highest mut'ah (divorce gift) is a servant, below that is clothing, and below that is maintenance.

Sa'id bin al-Musayyib (may Allah have mercy on him) said: The lowest mut'ah (divorce gift) is a garment, and the highest is a servant.

Ata (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Among the middle forms of mut'ah (divorce gift) are a shift (dir'), a head covering (khimar) and a wrap (milhafah).

Al-Sha'bi (may Allah have mercy on him) said concerning the mut'ah (divorce gift) of a divorced woman: It is the clothes she wears at home: a shift (dir'), a head covering (khimar), a wrap (milhafah) and an outer cloak (jilbab).

Al-Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him) said: People used to give their wives a mut'ah (divorce gift): some would give a servant, some would give two hundred, some would give a shift (dir'), a head covering (khimar) and a wrap (milhafah), and some would give maintenance.

Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri (may Allah have mercy on him) said: The highest mut'ah (divorce gift) is a servant, then clothing, then maintenance.