A Comparative Study of the Fundamentals of Wife's Nafaqah in Islamic Jurisprudence and Its Effects on Marital Life

The Nafaqah financial system is one of the effects of marriage and one of the fixed rights of the wife and is one of the responsibilities of the husband in Islamic jurisprudence. All Islamic sects agree on the need to pay alimony to the wife; yet they are not unanimous on the basis of proving the cause, and marriage contract, imprisonment, tamkin, obligation by contract and establishment by tamkin, tamkin and ehtebas, dukhul of an adult husband or summoning of the husband to conduct dukhul (of course, if the conditions are met) and the right of headship and guardianship over one’s family have been introduced as the principles and causes of rendering Nafaqah to the wife. Using a descriptive-analytical method and adopting a comparative approach between different Islamic sects, the present study investigates the views of jurists. The result of induction and investigating the above views is the acceptance of the theory of Tamkin as the basis for proving Nafaqah of the wife; as all of other views are in harmony with the purposes of Sharia, and the purpose of marriage is the general mission of the family foundation.