The role of Muslim women in managing the family during crisis: corona pandemic as a model
International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare
ISSN: 2056-4902
Article publication date: 22 March 2021
Issue publication date: 12 April 2022
Abstract
Purpose
This study aims to clarify the role of Muslim women in managing their families during the corona pandemic crisis. To achieve this aim, the researcher applied the descriptive and analytical approach.
Design/methodology/approach
The Muslim women have had a prominent position consistent with the physical, psychological and mental characteristics that Allah has created them. This status is shown by: affirming their rights in all areas of life; affirming everything that preserved the dignity of women before Islam; and correcting all the conditions that detracted their dignity before the advent of Islam and making them responsible in public Islamic life on the level of: preserving Islam, spreading the Islamic call and achieving the civilization advancement of the Muslim nation.
Findings
The study resulted in many significant results. The most important one of the study results was that, in the context of woman rights and responsibilities she had assumed in Islam, the Muslim woman had a prominent position in Islam. In addition, the mother in the Muslim family had a significant role as a leader, who is capable of managing the family in corona crisis and supporting family members in all aspects such as faith, intellectual endeavors, psychological, social and health, so that they are real leaders.
Originality/value
The study recommends carrying out educational studies that identify and show the role of institutions other than the family in managing emergency crises.
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Acknowledgements
This paper and the research would not have been well prepared without the exceptional support of Mr Fadi Fawares, His enthusiasm, knowledge and exacting attention to detail have been an inspiration and kept my work on track from my first to the final draft of this paper. Funding: The author received no fnancial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. Conflict of interest: The author declares that there is no conflict of interest.
Citation
Fawaris, H.F. (2022), "The role of Muslim women in managing the family during crisis: corona pandemic as a model", International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare, Vol. 15 No. 2, pp. 105-117. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJHRH-12-2020-0130
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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