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Father's responsibility and child support : a review of evidences from Shariah Courts in Malaysia

Islamic law emphasizes that fathers should play their duties and obligations toward their children within the family system regardless during marriage or after divorce. The ideal fathers in Islam should value the needs of children as well as adults, give children a balance of boundaries and love...

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Main Authors: Kahar, Rojanah, Hasbullah @ Abdullah, Muslihah
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2012
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/31811/1/31811.pdf
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spelling my.upm.eprints.318112015-01-16T04:00:14Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/31811/ Father's responsibility and child support : a review of evidences from Shariah Courts in Malaysia Kahar, Rojanah Hasbullah @ Abdullah, Muslihah Islamic law emphasizes that fathers should play their duties and obligations toward their children within the family system regardless during marriage or after divorce. The ideal fathers in Islam should value the needs of children as well as adults, give children a balance of boundaries and love and are involved in calculating character of reverence to Allah. As the child grows, the physical needs such as shelter, food, drink and extendable to medication and education for upbringing of the child. By using the theory of maqasid al shariah, this paper attempts to examine the relationship between father’s responsibility and payment of child support in Malaysia. Content analysis from the Shariah Courts cases, are given emphasis in analyzing the implementation of Islamic Family Law relating to child support and its consequences on children’s wellbeing. It is anticipated that failure of receiving good treatment and financial support from father in the event of divorce affects the national agenda of sustaining future generations. The current trends also posit some challenges in ensuring the smooth implementation of social policy and law in Malaysia. 2012 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/31811/1/31811.pdf Kahar, Rojanah and Hasbullah @ Abdullah, Muslihah (2012) Father's responsibility and child support : a review of evidences from Shariah Courts in Malaysia. In: International Conference on Public Policy and Social Science, 15-16 Dec. 2012, Legacy Avilion, Malaka. .
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description Islamic law emphasizes that fathers should play their duties and obligations toward their children within the family system regardless during marriage or after divorce. The ideal fathers in Islam should value the needs of children as well as adults, give children a balance of boundaries and love and are involved in calculating character of reverence to Allah. As the child grows, the physical needs such as shelter, food, drink and extendable to medication and education for upbringing of the child. By using the theory of maqasid al shariah, this paper attempts to examine the relationship between father’s responsibility and payment of child support in Malaysia. Content analysis from the Shariah Courts cases, are given emphasis in analyzing the implementation of Islamic Family Law relating to child support and its consequences on children’s wellbeing. It is anticipated that failure of receiving good treatment and financial support from father in the event of divorce affects the national agenda of sustaining future generations. The current trends also posit some challenges in ensuring the smooth implementation of social policy and law in Malaysia.
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author Kahar, Rojanah
Hasbullah @ Abdullah, Muslihah
spellingShingle Kahar, Rojanah
Hasbullah @ Abdullah, Muslihah
Father's responsibility and child support : a review of evidences from Shariah Courts in Malaysia
author_facet Kahar, Rojanah
Hasbullah @ Abdullah, Muslihah
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title Father's responsibility and child support : a review of evidences from Shariah Courts in Malaysia
title_short Father's responsibility and child support : a review of evidences from Shariah Courts in Malaysia
title_full Father's responsibility and child support : a review of evidences from Shariah Courts in Malaysia
title_fullStr Father's responsibility and child support : a review of evidences from Shariah Courts in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Father's responsibility and child support : a review of evidences from Shariah Courts in Malaysia
title_sort father's responsibility and child support : a review of evidences from shariah courts in malaysia
publishDate 2012
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/31811/1/31811.pdf
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