Women’s Family Rights in Isla>m: Issues and Solutions
- February 7, 2019
- Posted by: RSIS
- Categories: Islamic Studies, Social Science
International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) | Volume III, Issue I, January 2019 | ISSN 2454–6186
Women’s Family Rights in Islām: Issues and Solutions
Dr. Abu Nasar Mohammad Abdul Mabood
Associate Professor, Department of Islamic Studies, University of Chittagong, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
Abstract:- Islām permits marriage to protect the sex from illegal use and make a sound, happy and peaceful family like a heaven practicing husband’s and wife’s duties and availing rights. So, Islām requires that the both have to treat each other with respect and love. Allāh refers to the bond of love and affection of a husband and wife in the Qur’ān;“And of His signs is, that He created for you from yourselves mates that you may find repose in them, and He set between you affection and mercy, verily in this are signs for a people who ponder.” This determines the proper status of the wife in Islām. A husband must treat with his wife honorably, kindly and with mutual respect, behave gently one another, and take decision with mutual discussion. That is the family rights of women in Islām. The author attempts to focus in this paper the family rights of women in Islām and its implementation to our Muslim society and solutions.
Keywords: Formation of family, Woman’s status in Islām, Woman’s family rights in Islām, the practice in our society, Solutions.
I. INTRODUCTION
The family is the most important primary universal institution in society. It is the most pervasive social institutions. It comes into existence when a man and woman establish mating relation between them with religious marriage. So, woman is an important member of a family. She has some rights to associate the family to do solve any problem. But they cannot utilize their rights in our society. They are neglecting in our family. In the contrary, Islām has given her rights and honour as an important member of a family. Islām does not regard woman in any way inferior to man. It makes both of them equal partners in the business of family life. They are the two wheels of the same carriage and the carriage cannot move forward without either. The Holy Qur’ān says;
