Wife’s Rights on Divorced and Ancillary Claims in Islamic Law

Abstract

This paper aims to study wife’s rights on divorce and ancillary claims in Islamic Law. The data were collected through literature review of documents obtained from printed and online materials. Then they were analysed according to the research objectives. It was revealed that there are three rights given by Islam for wives that seek to be divorced namely: Khulu’, Faskh, and Ta’liq. As for the rights after being divorced, they are entitled to receive Mut’ah, wife sustenance during waiting period (iddah), child sustenance, the share of property obtained during marriage, and the remaining Mahr. The findings can be beneficial for Muslim wives and all other organizations that have interests Islam family law.