Abstract
This study seeks to discover the best solution for women’s property sharing between Islamic and current social practices in Bangladesh. A qualitative method has been adopted to achieve this goal. It is found that the majority of the women are marginalised from their property in the social practice. On the other hand, in the Islamic solution, the property is fixed for all classes of women and is based on a property sharing system called fara’id that takes into account the roles and responsibilities of man and woman in the society. Men are responsible for providing maintenance to their wives and children. Men in Islamic society should bear expenditure related to marriage. The research concludes that the Islamic solution is fair and ensures just property sharing rights for women. It suggests that the Islamic solution for property sharing should be implemented to empower women in Bangladesh.
Highlights
Gender plays a key role in the distribution of inheritance property (Kameri-Mbote 2002; Saleh 1972; Abdullah et al 2014)
The Holy Quran, Sunnah and Tafsir are referred to in this research. The researchers compare both systems for women property sharing practices in Bangladeshi society and the Islamic property sharing system to determine which ensures more property right for women
If we look into the root of the social practice of property distribution in Bangladesh, we notice that it results from the misunderstanding and misrepresentation of the Islamic system (Mohammad 2013)
Summary
Gender plays a key role in the distribution of inheritance property (Kameri-Mbote 2002; Saleh 1972; Abdullah et al 2014). Males are awarded the major share of the property. In some jurisdictions, males and females are always equal in their share of the inherited property Equality between men and women in the distribution of inheritance has become a major concern (Shatzmiller 1995). According to Islamic jurisprudence, a son will get a share which equals the Muslim scholars argue that the property right of the woman in Islam is fair The property distribution is made based on the role and responsibility of man and woman in the Muslim society A man is responsible for providing nafaqah (money that the husband has to provide to the wife for her sustenance) to his wife and children
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