A Set of Prayer Outfits as a Mahar? Discrimination against Women in the ʻUrf Reality of the Archipelago’s Fiqh
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21152271 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Endri Yenti (0000-0003-1970-9549, Institut Agama Islam Negeri Bukittinggi), Busyro Busyro (0000-0001-7204-7666, Institut Agama Islam Negeri Bukittinggi), Ismail Ismail (0000-0003-4365-8534, Institut Agama Islam Negeri Bukittinggi), Edi Rosman (Institut Agama Islam Negeri Bukittinggi), Fajrul Wadi (0009-0009-6346-8886, Institut Agama Islam Negeri Bukittinggi) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 17 |
| Publication date | 2020-05-28 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Al-Risalah: Forum Kajian Hukum dan Sosial Kemasyarakatan (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1412-436X • E-ISSN: 2540-9522 |
| Publisher | Universitas Islam Negeri (UIN) Sultan Thaha Saifuddin Jambi (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.30631/al-risalah.v20i1.567 |
| OpenAlex | W3033923464 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 2 |
Provisions of mahar (dowry) in Islam practiced by the Prophet Muhammad and his companions are substantially used as a standard of giving dowry in a marriage. Mahar provided by the Prophet as well as those by his companions had a high economic value; unless they were fortuneless. However, what has been practiced by many recently does not reflect the deed of the Prophet Muhammad. Nowadays, people tend to provide a set of prayer outfit as a mahar, an item which could not support a family financially. Even if some people do provide high-priced mahar, yet much of it is used before akad (the marriage vow) to finance a wedding reception, rather than handing out the money directly to the wife. This article aims at evaluating this tradition, since it discriminates against women’s privilege of mahar. From the findings of the research, it is concluded that traditions; giving a set of prayer outfit to women, or using mahar as a payment for a wedding reception discriminate against women’s rights because the essence of mahar is to economically support or help the wife in the future. According to the provisions of ʻurf, this tradition does not fit in the Islamic law and is not legitimate to be incorporated into the Archipelago’s fiqh
Dowry · Fiqh · Islam · Political science · Prayer · Sharia · Sociology · Theology · Wife · Islamic Finance and Communication · Law · Legal Studies and Policies · Marriage and Family Dynamics · Philosophy · Psychology · Religious studies
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2024 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |