Muslim wife's rights to maintenance: husband's duty to maintain a working wife in Islamic law and the law in Malaysia

Islamic law imposes a duty on the husband to maintain his wife. This duty arises as soon as the marriage contract is completed. The duty arises as soon as the marriage contract is completed. The duty to maintain her continues until the contract of marriage ends either through death or separation. Th...

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Main Authors:	Mohd, Azizah, Ibrahim, Badruddin
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	International Islamic University Malaysia 2010
Subjects:	K Law (General) KBP Islamic Law KPG Malaysia
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/3086/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/3086/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/3086/1/Muslim_Wife%27s_Rights_to_Maintenance.pdf

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spelling	iium-30862012-01-18T05:37:05Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/3086/ Muslim wife's rights to maintenance: husband's duty to maintain a working wife in Islamic law and the law in Malaysia Mohd, Azizah Ibrahim, Badruddin K Law (General) KBP Islamic Law KPG Malaysia Islamic law imposes a duty on the husband to maintain his wife. This duty arises as soon as the marriage contract is completed. The duty arises as soon as the marriage contract is completed. The duty to maintain her continues until the contract of marriage ends either through death or separation. This paper seeks to examine the provisions of Islamic law on the husband's duty to maintain a working wife. The examination extends to the adequacy of provisions of the law in Malaysia governing maintenance of a Muslim wife. The paper will further analyze the law on the extended duty of the husband to maintain the wife, even though the wife is working and especially earning a good salary of her own. International Islamic University Malaysia 2010 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/3086/1/Muslim_Wife%27s_Rights_to_Maintenance.pdf Mohd, Azizah and Ibrahim, Badruddin (2010) Muslim wife's rights to maintenance: husband's duty to maintain a working wife in Islamic law and the law in Malaysia. IIUM Law Journal, 18 (1). pp. 103-121. ISSN 0128-2530 http://rms.research.iium.edu.my/bookstore/Products/296-wwwgooglecom.aspx
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description	Islamic law imposes a duty on the husband to maintain his wife. This duty arises as soon as the marriage contract is completed. The duty arises as soon as the marriage contract is completed. The duty to maintain her continues until the contract of marriage ends either through death or separation. This paper seeks to examine the provisions of Islamic law on the husband's duty to maintain a working wife. The examination extends to the adequacy of provisions of the law in Malaysia governing maintenance of a Muslim wife. The paper will further analyze the law on the extended duty of the husband to maintain the wife, even though the wife is working and especially earning a good salary of her own.
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author	Mohd, Azizah Ibrahim, Badruddin
author_facet	Mohd, Azizah Ibrahim, Badruddin
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title	Muslim wife's rights to maintenance: husband's duty to maintain a working wife in Islamic law and the law in Malaysia
title_short	Muslim wife's rights to maintenance: husband's duty to maintain a working wife in Islamic law and the law in Malaysia
title_full	Muslim wife's rights to maintenance: husband's duty to maintain a working wife in Islamic law and the law in Malaysia
title_fullStr	Muslim wife's rights to maintenance: husband's duty to maintain a working wife in Islamic law and the law in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Muslim wife's rights to maintenance: husband's duty to maintain a working wife in Islamic law and the law in Malaysia
title_sort	muslim wife's rights to maintenance: husband's duty to maintain a working wife in islamic law and the law in malaysia
publisher	International Islamic University Malaysia
publishDate	2010
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/3086/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/3086/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/3086/1/Muslim_Wife%27s_Rights_to_Maintenance.pdf
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Muslim wife's rights to maintenance: husband's duty to maintain a working wife in Islamic law and the law in Malaysia

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