سامی ادیان میں بیوہ اور مطلقہ خواتین کے معاشی حقوق کا جائزہ

Economical Rights of Widowed and Divorced From the Perspective of Semitic Religions

الملخص

Abstract

Economic problems are an unavoidable phenomenon of human life. Since woman is considered as marginalized segment of the society, widowed and divorced are treated as servant of the house or even inferior than that. History of Non-Semitic Religions reveals that woman generally, widows and divorced particularly are treated as inhuman. Same is the case with followers of Semitic Religions, as they have left no stone unturned but to deprive widowed and divorces of their economic status and rights being granted by Allah SWT. The aim of this paper is to investigate the economic status of widowed and divorced in Semitic religions only, i.e, Judaism, Christianity and Islam. It is found that the Holy Torah and its commentary Talmud, Injeel and other religious authorities have declared woman as devil and source of menace, which consequently deprived them of maintenance, inheritance, and rights to Property. Contrary to Judaism and Christianity, Islam does guaranteed the economic rights of woman generally and of widowed and divorced particularly, to safeguard the welfare of both individual and family as well. It is found that unfortunately, even the followers of Islam are also making evasions to deprive the mention population from their religious and socio-economic rights, i.e, re-marry, Inheritance, maintenance and right of property etc. Therefore, it is suggested that religious scholars, government and other stake holders of the society should work together to overcome the real economic problems faced by this marginalized segment of the society.