Rights of Children in Islamic Law: A Review of Some Existing Literature

Ma'arif-e-Islami, Vol. 13, Issue no. 1, January 2014-June 2014, pp. 1-14.

15 Pages Posted: 11 Jun 2014 Last revised: 4 Dec 2015

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Muhammad Munir

International Islamic University, Islamabad - Department of Law

Date Written: May 29, 2014

Abstract

With some exceptions the area of the rights of children in Islam did not attract the attention of serious authors in classical and medieval periods. However, many authors in the Middle East attempted to write about it in the second half of the 20th century, especially when Convention on the Rights of the Child was signed by the United Nations in 1989. Most of authors surveyed in this work have focused on rituals regarding children rather than their rights. Moreover, these authors consider child care to be a parental responsibility and ignore the role of the Muslim state and society. The work by UNICEF and Al-Azhar University discusses child rights under the Qur’an and the Sunnah but ignores the formulations of Muslim jurists regarding the rights of the child in Islam.

Keywords: Rights, child, Islam, Rights of the child, Convention on the Rights of the Child, CRC, rituals, review of literature, classical works, parental responsibility, Muslim state, society, role of Muslim state, Astroshni, ahkam al-sighar, Tuhfatul Mawdud, ibn-Qaiyam, aqiqah, female circumcision, Tarbiyatu

Suggested Citation

Munir, Muhammad, Rights of Children in Islamic Law: A Review of Some Existing Literature (May 29, 2014). Ma'arif-e-Islami, Vol. 13, Issue no. 1, January 2014-June 2014, pp. 1-14., Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2443276 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2443276

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