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The realisation of covering ‘aurat among the successful women in Malaysia

Among the conditions prescribed to working women is that they must perfectly cover themselves whenever they are at their working place. However, Muslims today are ‘haunted’ with a dilemma that influenced the thinking of whether to defend the Islamic laws or make changes to suit modernization. Thus,...

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Main Authors: Naemah Hamzah,, Adawiyah Ismail,, Mohd Ismail Mustari,, Bushrah Basiron,
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Language:English
Published: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2014
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spelling my-ukm.journal.82092016-12-14T06:46:33Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8209/ The realisation of covering ‘aurat among the successful women in Malaysia Naemah Hamzah, Adawiyah Ismail, Mohd Ismail Mustari, Bushrah Basiron, Among the conditions prescribed to working women is that they must perfectly cover themselves whenever they are at their working place. However, Muslims today are ‘haunted’ with a dilemma that influenced the thinking of whether to defend the Islamic laws or make changes to suit modernization. Thus, the involvement of women in the employment field to enhance the economic transformation clearly needs guidance and the right inspiration based on the Islamic law. Data were collected through qualitative design using in-depth interviews and analysis of documents involving past literatures and views of the contemporary scholars. In-depth interviews were conducted with women of higher grade in public sector, specifically grade 54 and JUSA. Supporting data of this study involved interviews with husbands, children, employers and colleagues to create a triangulation data. The findings of the study was analysed thematically using Nvivo 7.0 software. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2014 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8209/1/86-419-2-PB.pdf Naemah Hamzah, and Adawiyah Ismail, and Mohd Ismail Mustari, and Bushrah Basiron, (2014) The realisation of covering ‘aurat among the successful women in Malaysia. Al-Hikmah, 6 (2). pp. 129-143. ISSN 1985--6822 http://spaj.ukm.my/jalhikmah/jalhikmah/index
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description Among the conditions prescribed to working women is that they must perfectly cover themselves whenever they are at their working place. However, Muslims today are ‘haunted’ with a dilemma that influenced the thinking of whether to defend the Islamic laws or make changes to suit modernization. Thus, the involvement of women in the employment field to enhance the economic transformation clearly needs guidance and the right inspiration based on the Islamic law. Data were collected through qualitative design using in-depth interviews and analysis of documents involving past literatures and views of the contemporary scholars. In-depth interviews were conducted with women of higher grade in public sector, specifically grade 54 and JUSA. Supporting data of this study involved interviews with husbands, children, employers and colleagues to create a triangulation data. The findings of the study was analysed thematically using Nvivo 7.0 software.
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author Naemah Hamzah,
Adawiyah Ismail,
Mohd Ismail Mustari,
Bushrah Basiron,
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Adawiyah Ismail,
Mohd Ismail Mustari,
Bushrah Basiron,
The realisation of covering ‘aurat among the successful women in Malaysia
author_facet Naemah Hamzah,
Adawiyah Ismail,
Mohd Ismail Mustari,
Bushrah Basiron,
author_sort Naemah Hamzah,
title The realisation of covering ‘aurat among the successful women in Malaysia
title_short The realisation of covering ‘aurat among the successful women in Malaysia
title_full The realisation of covering ‘aurat among the successful women in Malaysia
title_fullStr The realisation of covering ‘aurat among the successful women in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed The realisation of covering ‘aurat among the successful women in Malaysia
title_sort realisation of covering ‘aurat among the successful women in malaysia
publisher Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate 2014
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