Wives' right to the government retirement benefit: is it Syariah compliant or subject to fara`id distribution?

The government retirement scheme is provided primarily as a financial facility for the pensionable government officers and their dependants upon retirement. However, the question whether it is subject to the fara’i distribution after the Muslim pensioner’s death is debatable. The current position i...

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Main Author:	Abdullah, Mohamad Asmadi
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Language:	English
Published:	Serials Publications 2012
Subjects:	KBP1 Islamic law.Shariah.Fiqh
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spelling	iium-305482014-03-24T02:16:48Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/30548/ Wives' right to the government retirement benefit: is it Syariah compliant or subject to fara`id distribution? Abdullah, Mohamad Asmadi KBP1 Islamic law.Shariah.Fiqh The government retirement scheme is provided primarily as a financial facility for the pensionable government officers and their dependants upon retirement. However, the question whether it is subject to the fara’i distribution after the Muslim pensioner’s death is debatable. The current position is rather confusing because of the differences of opinion among Muslim scholars regarding whether or not the scheme is heritable upon death. Some jurists are of the view that the Malaysian Government’s current implementation of this scheme by imposing strict rules regarding the entitlement of specific persons including the surviving wife to the benefits after the death of a pensionable officer does not meet the Syariah (This the Malay version of the word Shari‘ah) principles, whereas according to others it does. This research is an attempt to analyse the related issues of the scheme in order to answer the question regarding its heritability in the case of Malaysia. The difference of opinion of Muslim scholars on this issue is examined. It has been observed that, unfortunately, most of these opinions are not based on convincing facts, and, furthermore, are not informative enough to provide Muslims an in- depth understanding of the verdicts. Serials Publications 2012-01 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/30548/1/6-Islamic_Law_Review_on_Wives_Right_to_the_retirement_Benefit.pdf Abdullah, Mohamad Asmadi (2012) Wives' right to the government retirement benefit: is it Syariah compliant or subject to fara`id distribution? Journal of Islamic Law Review, 8 (1). pp. 127-146. ISSN 0973-2918 http://www.serialspublications.com/journals1.asp?jid=393&jtype=
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description	The government retirement scheme is provided primarily as a financial facility for the pensionable government officers and their dependants upon retirement. However, the question whether it is subject to the fara’i distribution after the Muslim pensioner’s death is debatable. The current position is rather confusing because of the differences of opinion among Muslim scholars regarding whether or not the scheme is heritable upon death. Some jurists are of the view that the Malaysian Government’s current implementation of this scheme by imposing strict rules regarding the entitlement of specific persons including the surviving wife to the benefits after the death of a pensionable officer does not meet the Syariah (This the Malay version of the word Shari‘ah) principles, whereas according to others it does. This research is an attempt to analyse the related issues of the scheme in order to answer the question regarding its heritability in the case of Malaysia. The difference of opinion of Muslim scholars on this issue is examined. It has been observed that, unfortunately, most of these opinions are not based on convincing facts, and, furthermore, are not informative enough to provide Muslims an in- depth understanding of the verdicts.
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title	Wives' right to the government retirement benefit: is it Syariah compliant or subject to fara`id distribution?
title_short	Wives' right to the government retirement benefit: is it Syariah compliant or subject to fara`id distribution?
title_full	Wives' right to the government retirement benefit: is it Syariah compliant or subject to fara`id distribution?
title_fullStr	Wives' right to the government retirement benefit: is it Syariah compliant or subject to fara`id distribution?
title_full_unstemmed	Wives' right to the government retirement benefit: is it Syariah compliant or subject to fara`id distribution?
title_sort	wives' right to the government retirement benefit: is it syariah compliant or subject to fara`id distribution?
publisher	Serials Publications
publishDate	2012
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Wives' right to the government retirement benefit: is it Syariah compliant or subject to fara`id distribution?

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