You have made the decision. You are not going back. And right now you do not know what to do next — tonight, tomorrow, this week. This episode is a map for the next 24 hours and beyond.

We cover what to do before anyone knows — documentation, access to money, having a safety plan. We cover your Islamic rights in divorce — your mahr, your maintenance during iddah, your right to custody of your children. We cover the Islamic divorce process in Canada — how to get both a civil divorce and an Islamic one, what khul and faskh look like in practice, and why you should not sign anything before speaking to both a lawyer and an Islamic scholar.

We talk about who to tell and when, how to protect your children through the process, and how to take care of yourself when you are trying to hold everything together at once. And we close with what women who have walked through this and come out the other side actually build.

The ending of a marriage is not the ending of a life. This episode is a map for what comes next.

Islamic divorce resources, legal aid information, Muslim women's shelters, and counselling support for Ontario are included at the end of the episode.