Spotting the Knots of Post-Iddah Maintenance in Shari’ah & Law
Keywords:
Muta’tul-Talaq, Maintenance, Family Law, Iddah , Post-Divorce, PakistanAbstract
The paper argues on the issues relating to post-divorce maintenance for Muslim women. Because this subject matter has been less deliberations in Islamic Personal Law. Therefore, this paper is significant for understanding the previous discussions on post- Iddah maintenance and its contradictions in Shariah and law. The basic intention of this research is to elaborate on different situational maintenance grants for Muslim women after dissolution of the marriage bond. This paper has spotted the knots in developing a theoretical perspective of the term Muta’tul-Talaq in Islamic Law and covers a broad range of its different interpretations. Further, it discusses, how classical Jurists have interpreted different texts of the Holy Quran and used famous traditions of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) in this regard. This paper is based on qualitative methodology, data was collected from the library and the Internet. Further, the data analysis was carried out with discussion and thematic analysis to develop a conclusion. This research spotted the modern developments of laws regarding the maintenance and their juristic interpretations. The paper concludes that maintenance is the right of all Muslim women in certain situations, and this paper also offers better solutions for the complicated problems associated with post-Iddah maintenance according to the injunctions of Islam.
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