MAINTENANCE RIGHTS FOR CAREER WOMEN ACCORDING TO FIQH FOUR MAZHABS IN TERMS OF MAQASID AL-SYARIAH THEORY IBNU ASHUR

Abstract

The problem of career women that arises today is due to the inability of the head of the family or husband to provide for his wife and children. This can be seen from the number of divorces caused by economic factors. This study discusses the maintenance of career women according to the mazhab scholars and seen from the perspective of contemporary scholars, namely Ibn Ashur. This research uses a method through a conceptual approach in understanding the concept of nafkah according to the four madhhabs in the perspective of maqashid shari'ah Ibn Ashur. The results of this study indicate that the right of maintenance is the husband's obligation towards his wife even though his wife is a career woman, but the husband still has to provide physical responsibility for his wife. Meanwhile, according to Ibn Ashur's maqasid theory, each man and woman has the same rights in working or having a career. And historical facts also reinforce this, although basically Islamic shari'at encourages women to stay at home.