Women’s rights in marriage: between Qur’ānic provision and malpractice
Women’s rights issues have marked its spot as one of the most debated issues throughout centuries. Marriage is regularly portrayed as an “oppressive sphere” for women, with their rights being oppressed the moment they enter a marriage contract, especially in Islam. However, further reflection on...
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| author | Ahmad, Nadzrah Ghazali, Norzulaili Othman, Roslina Ismail, Nurul Syuhada |
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| description | Women’s rights issues have marked its spot as one of the most debated issues throughout
centuries. Marriage is regularly portrayed as an “oppressive sphere” for women, with
their rights being oppressed the moment they enter a marriage contract, especially in
Islam. However, further reflection on the issue has shown that Islamic matrimony liberates
women, preserves their honour and place in society, and abolishes injustice, when guided
in principle from the Qur’an and Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). Regrettably,
Muslim’s misunderstanding due to cultural interpretation and malpractice of original
Islamic teachings has tainted the true Islamic ideal. In dealing with the data, the study
utilised an inductive method and content analysis, and aimed to draw attention to the
misunderstandings of marriage in Islam with regards to women’s rights. Further discussion
would serve to explore the outcome of women’s rights in marriage as bestowed by Islam,
and understand the importance of the marriage institution, whilst examining the compelling
misunderstandings by detractors. |
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| spelling | iium-772692020-01-21T07:34:40Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/77269/ Women’s rights in marriage: between Qur’ānic provision and malpractice Ahmad, Nadzrah Ghazali, Norzulaili Othman, Roslina Ismail, Nurul Syuhada HQ1101 Women. Feminism BP173.44 Human Rights In Islam Women’s rights issues have marked its spot as one of the most debated issues throughout centuries. Marriage is regularly portrayed as an “oppressive sphere” for women, with their rights being oppressed the moment they enter a marriage contract, especially in Islam. However, further reflection on the issue has shown that Islamic matrimony liberates women, preserves their honour and place in society, and abolishes injustice, when guided in principle from the Qur’an and Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). Regrettably, Muslim’s misunderstanding due to cultural interpretation and malpractice of original Islamic teachings has tainted the true Islamic ideal. In dealing with the data, the study utilised an inductive method and content analysis, and aimed to draw attention to the misunderstandings of marriage in Islam with regards to women’s rights. Further discussion would serve to explore the outcome of women’s rights in marriage as bestowed by Islam, and understand the importance of the marriage institution, whilst examining the compelling misunderstandings by detractors. Universiti Putra Malaysia Press 2019-12 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/77269/1/77269_Women%E2%80%99s%20Rights%20in%20Marriage.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/77269/7/77269_Women%E2%80%99s%20rights%20in%20marriage_Scopus.pdf Ahmad, Nadzrah and Ghazali, Norzulaili and Othman, Roslina and Ismail, Nurul Syuhada (2019) Women’s rights in marriage: between Qur’ānic provision and malpractice. Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities, 27 (4). pp. 2722-2730. ISSN 0128-7702 E-ISSN 2231-8534 http://www.pertanika.upm.edu.my/Pertanika%20PAPERS/JSSH%20Vol.%2027%20(4)%20Dec.%202019/34%20JSSH-2308-2017.pdf |
| spellingShingle | HQ1101 Women. Feminism BP173.44 Human Rights In Islam Ahmad, Nadzrah Ghazali, Norzulaili Othman, Roslina Ismail, Nurul Syuhada Women’s rights in marriage: between Qur’ānic provision and malpractice |
| title | Women’s rights in marriage: between Qur’ānic provision and
malpractice |
| title_full | Women’s rights in marriage: between Qur’ānic provision and
malpractice |
| title_fullStr | Women’s rights in marriage: between Qur’ānic provision and
malpractice |
| title_full_unstemmed | Women’s rights in marriage: between Qur’ānic provision and
malpractice |
| title_short | Women’s rights in marriage: between Qur’ānic provision and
malpractice |
| title_sort | women’s rights in marriage: between qur’ānic provision and
malpractice |
| topic | HQ1101 Women. Feminism BP173.44 Human Rights In Islam |
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