Islāttil peṇkaḷiṉ poruḷātāra urimaikaḷ: oru ilakkiya mīḷāyvu [Economic rights of women in Islam: a review of literature]
இஸ்லாத்தில் பெண்களின் பொருளாதார உரிமைகள்: ஒரு இலக்கிய மீளாய்வு
Keywords:
Economic Rights, Women Empowerment, Women’s Rights, Islam, Islamic Jurisprudence, பொருளாதார உரிமைகள், மகளிர் வலுவூட்டல், பெண்களின் உரிமைகள், இஸ்லாம், இஸ்லாமிய சட்டத்துறைAbstract
The discourse on economic rights of the woman is one of issues spoken today. Islam as code of the life expands in its all aspects, addresses genuine concern about economic rights of the woman. This paper aimed at examining the Islamic perspective on the women economic rights based on review of prevailing literatures and textual sources of Islam. Building a natural and balanced human society is primary mission of Islam through its divine guidance. Islam recognizes the natural abilities of both male and female and assigns their roles in a society. In Islamic social system both genders have their own and unique roles in human development in the meantime both have their rights. The Islamic perspective on economic rights of the woman is derived its basics from the interpretation of the Islamic textual sources primarily al-Qur’an and historical experience of model Islamic society in early Islamic period. The concepts of inheritance, mahr etc. in practice ensure the distribution of wealth to female proportion of the Muslim community and enable them to maintain and involve in the growth.
[பெண்களின் பொருளாதார உரிமைகள் நவீன உலகின் பிரதான பேசுபொருள்களில் ஒன்றாகும். வாழ்வின் அனைத்துத் துறைகளுக்குமான வழிகாட்டல்களை வழங்கும் இஸ்லாத்தில் பெண்களின் பொருளாதார உரிமைகள் தொடர்பான கரிசனையும் வலுவானதாகும். அந்தவகையில் இவ்வாய்வு பெண்களின் பொருளாதார உரிமைகள் தொடர்பான இஸ்லாத்தின் கண்ணோக்கினைப் பரிசீலிப்பதை நோக்காகக் கொண்டுள்ளது. இவ்வாய்வு இலக்கியங்களின் மீளாய்வை அடிப்படையாகக் கொண்டது. நேர்த்தியான சமூகக் கட்டமைப்பை தோற்றுவிக்க முனையும் இஸ்லாம் ஆண், பெண் ஆகியோரின் இயல்புகளைக் கவனத்தில் கொண்டு அவர்களின் பணிகளை துல்லியமாக வரையறுத்துள்ளது. மேலும் இஸ்லாம் இரு பாலினத்தவருக்கான பிரத்தியேகக் கடமைகளையும் பொறுப்புக்களையும் குறிப்பிட்டுள்ளதோடு அவ்விரு சாராருக்கும் அவர்களுக்கான உரிமைகளை சட்ட ரீதியான வரையறைகள் மற்றும் போதனைகள் ஊடாகவும் உத்தரவாதப்படுத்தியுள்ளது. இவற்றுள் பெண்களின் சமூக நிலையை மேம்படுத்துவதற்காக இஸ்லாம் பெண்களுக்கு வழங்கியுள்ள பொருளாதார உரிமைகள் மிக முக்கியமானவையாகும். வாரிசுரிமை, மஹர் போன்ற சொத்துப் பங்கீட்டு முறைமைகள் பெண்களுக்கான சொத்து உரித்தாக்கம், உரிமை மட்டுமல்லாது அவற்றை பராமரித்து விருத்தி செய்யும் வகிநிலை பாட்பட்தாகவே அமைந்துள்ளது எனக் கொள்ளமுடியும்.]
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