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26 Constitution: THE SOCIAL SYSTEM


Article 108.

The primary role of a woman is that of a mother and wife. She is an honor that must be protected.

Article 109.

Men and women are basically to be segregated from each other, and they should not meet together except for a need that the shar’a allows it and allows the meeting for its sake, such as trading and pilgrimage (Hajj).

Article 110.

Women have the same rights and obligations as men, except for those specified by the shar’ai evidences to be for him or her. Thus, she has the right to practice in trading, farming, and industry; to partake in contracts and transactions; to possess all form of property; to invest her funds by herself (or by others); and to conduct all of life's affairs by herself.

Article 111.

A woman can participate in the election and giving of the bai’ah to the Khaleefah, and elect, and also be a member of the Majlis al-Ummah, and can be appointed as an official of the State in a non-ruling position.

Article 112.

Women are not allowed to take charge of ruling, thus women cannot hold the positions of Khaleefah mu’awin, wali, ‘aamil, nor to practice any of the actions of ruling. She is not allowed to be a chief judge, a judge in mahkamat ul-MuDHalim nor amir of Jihad.

Article 113.

Women live within a public and private life. Within their public life, they are allowed to live with other women, maharam males [males forbidden to them in marriage] and foreign men (whom they can marry) on condition that nothing of the women's body is revealed, apart from her face and hands, and that the clothing is not revealing nor her charms displayed. Within the private life she is not allowed to live except with women or her mahram males;and she is not allowed to live together with the foreign men. In both cases she has to restrict herself with the rules of shar’a.

Article 114.

Women are forbidden to be in private (khulwah) with any men they can marry, they are also forbidden to display their charms or to reveal their body in front of foreign men.

Article 115.

Men and women must not practice any work that poses danger to the morals or causes corruption in society.

Article 116.

Marital life is one of tranquility and companionship. The responsibility of the husband on behalf of his wife (quwamah) is one of taking care, and not ruling. She is obliged to obey her husband and he is obliged to meet the costs of her livelihood according to the seemly standard of living.

Article 117.

The married couple must fully assist each other in performing the household duties, with the husband performing all the actions normally undertaken outside of the house, and the woman performing those actions normally undertaken inside the house as best as she can. The husband should provide home-help as required to assist with the household tasks she cannot manage herself.

Article 118.

The custody of children is both a right and duty of the mother, whether Muslim or not, so long as the child is in need of this care. When children, girls or boys, are no longer in need of care, they are to choose which parent they wish to live with, whether the child is male or female. If only one of the parents is Muslim, there is no choice for the child is to join the Muslim parent.

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Chapters (31)
  1. 1System of Islam
  2. 21 The Way to Belief
  3. 32 Al-QaDaa wal Qadar
  4. 43 The Intellectual Leadership of Islam Part 1
  5. 53 The Intellectual Leadership of Islam Part 2
  6. 63 The Intellectual Leadership of Islam Part 3
  7. 76 The Way to Carry the Islamic Da’wah
  8. 87 The Islamic Civilisation (al-haDarah al Islamiyyah)
  9. 98 The System of Islam
  10. 109 Hukm Shar’ai
  11. 1110 The Types of AHkam Shar’aiah
  12. 1211 Sunnah
  13. 1312 Emulating (at-tassi) the Actions of the Messenger (saw)
  14. 1413 Adopting Divine Rules (AHkam Shar’aiah)
  15. 1514 Constitution and Canon
  16. 1615 CONSTITUTION: GENERAL RULES
  17. 1716 Constitution: THE RULING SYSTEM
  18. 1817 Constitution: THE KHALEEFAH
  19. 1918 Constitution: DELEGATED ASSISTANT mu’awin ut-tafweeD
  20. 2019 Constitution: EXECUTION ASSISTANT mu’awin ut-tanfeedh
  21. 2120 Constitution: AMIR OF JIHAD
  22. 2221 Constitution: THE ARMY
  23. 2322 Constitution: JUDICIARY (QADAAA)
  24. 2423 Constitution: THE GOVERNORS OF THE PROVINCES (WULAH)
  25. 2524 Constitution: THE STATE DEPARTMENTS
  26. 2625 Constitution: THE UMMAH ASSEMBLY (Majlis al-Ummah)
  27. 2726 Constitution: THE SOCIAL SYSTEM
  28. 2827 Constitution: THE ECONOMIC SYSTEM
  29. 2928 Constitution: EDUCATION POLICY
  30. 3029 Constitution: FOREIGN AFFAIRS
  31. 3130 Morals in Islam ( al-akhlaaq fil- Islam)