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  title info:
    non sort: A
    title: Socio-legal study on financial rights of Muslim divorced women and its effect on family welfare
  name:
    name part: Muslihah binti Hasbullah @ Abdullah
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author
  name:
    name part: International Islamic University Malaysia
    name part: Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah of Laws
  genre: Theses, IIUM local
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: my
    date issued: 2009
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    extent: xxii, 309 leaves : illustrations ; 30 cm.
  abstract: The purpose of this study is two-fold: Firstly, to examine the law relating to financial rights of the divorced Muslim women in terms of 'iddah maintenance, arrears of maintenance, mut'ah, and child maintenance. Secondly, to assess the welfare of the women after divorce i.e., satisfaction with the amount of financial supports; satisfaction with the ex-husbands' compliance to court orders on financial supports; satisfaction with post-divorce welfare (level of economic strain and level of depression); relationships between satisfaction with the amount of financial supports and post-divorce welfare; and relationships between satisfaction with the exhusbands' compliance to court orders and post-divorce welfare. This study adopts the qualitative and quantitative methods that are necessary for a socio-legal research. The qualitative method draws data from the Syariah principles, classical texts of the Muslim jurists, contemporary legal writings, the Malaysian Islamic family laws, legislations from other jurisdictions where Islamic law is applicable, and case law. The quantitative method employs the statistical tool, i.e., Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) for Windows Program Version 13.0 to collect data on the welfare of the divorced women. Two statistical procedures, i.e., descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the empirical data. The findings of this study suggest that the Syariah judges should develop their judgments on financial supports' cases based on the welfare principle (maslahah) as articulated by the classical Muslim jurists. Such principle should be construed within the meaning of the current contexts of economic needs, social demands, and psychological effects of divorce on women and applied the best approach for which safeguarding human welfare is the primary aim of the maqasid al-Shari'ah. The Pearson's Product Moment Correlation Coefficient employed for the empirical data suggests two factors that are negatively correlated…
  note: by Muslihah Binti Hasbullah @ Abdullah
  note: Abstract in English and Arabic.
  note: 'A thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirement for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Law'--On t.p.
  note: Thesis (Ph.D) -- International Islamic University Malaysia, 2009.
  note: Includes bibliographical references (leaves 269 - 281).
  subject:
    geographic code: a-my--
  subject:
    topic: Divorced women
    topic: Legal status, laws, etc. (Islamic law)
  subject:
    topic: Divorce (Islamic law)
  subject:
    topic: Support (Domestic relations law, Islamic)
  classification: BPK541
  identifier: http://studentrepo.iium.edu.my/handle/123456789/1690
  record info:
    record content source: UIAM
    record creation date: 181204
    record change date: 20230420083358.0
    record identifier: 480793
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng