Research Paper
Year: 2018 | Month: January-March | Volume: 2 | Issue: 1 | Pages: 34-45
Family Violence in Bangladesh: A Look into Issues and Solutions from Islamic Perspective
Dr. Mohammed S. Chowdhury1, Dr. Zahurul Alam2
1Department of Marketing and Management, Touro College and the University System, New York, NY 10010
2Department of Management, Chittagong University, Bangladesh
ABSTRACT
The United Nations recognizes the family as the basic unit of a society. A Muslim family is a divinely inspired institution with marriage at its core. In Sura’tul Al Nahl (Sura 16: Verse 80) in the Qur’an, Allah (SWT) says, “And Allah has made for you in your homes an abode.” Allah (SWT) also warns the believers regarding the possibility of disasters in the family and then prescribes methods to prevent such disasters (see Surah al-Taghabun – Verse 14)
” O you who believe! Indeed, amongst your wives and your children are your enemies [since they make you turn away from treading the Divine Path]. Therefore, beware of them! But if you pardon, overlook, and forgive their faults, then know that Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Gracious”
The purposes of this paper are, therefore, to identify the family violence (disasters) in the form of physical, sexual, emotional, or psychological abuses and prescribe methods to prevent such disasters from Islamic perspective. The methodology, for identifying issues, involved a survey among the families in the Chittagong area of Bangladesh. We used non-probability procedure to select respondents since we do not know how many families are engaged in violence. Our target population consisted of married women. For solving the issues the study relied mainly on the verses from the Quran and the Hadith (sayings) of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him).
The findings of this study led to the identification of the factors (for example; family education based on Taqwa (Allah fearing), establishing regular prayers, knowledge of Din and Duniya(worldly affairs)affecting families and thus facilitated the identification of strategies and approaches necessary for fostering good families in Islamic ways. We concluded that building families on Islamic values would help family to get rid of the vicious problems of family violence.
Key words: Family, Family violence, Abode, Taqwa, Islamic values, Secularism
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