A Conceptual and Case Study of

Nabavi, Mohammad Hadi; Alavi Qazvini, S. Ali

A Conceptual and Case Study of "Sexual Abuse of Couples" from the Perspective of Imami Jurisprudence, Customary Law and Afghan Law

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

mohammad hadi Nabavi ¹

S. Ali Alavi Qazvini ²

¹ PhD Student in Private Law, Higher Institute of Humanities, Al-Mustafa International University, Qom, Iran

² Associate Professor, Department of Law, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

The only permissible way to satisfy the sexual desire of men and women in Islam is to get married and start a family. In order to achieve the goal of marriage, a right and obligation has been set for the couple, including Tamkin (wife's submission), which is the focus of differences in legal systems. Imami jurisprudence and Afghan law defend Tamkin as a legal and legitimate proposition in marital relations. But the customary legal system refers to it as a source of sexual abuse of couples and sexual oppression against women. The different perceptions of these systems have made the relationship between the intended meanings of "couple sexual abuse" Aam wa Khas Men Wajh (more general and more specific from a perspective). The subject of this paper is to explain and analyze this concept by looking at the principles and sources of target legal systems. The research is done based on library sources using descriptive-analytical method. As a result, according to other evidences and documents, the necessity of modification in the theory of desire in customary law and the theory of obedience in religious law was proved in order to systematically reduce the jurisprudential problems of women and achieve mutual interaction between target legal systems.

Keywords

Tamkin (Wifes's Submission)

Customary Law

Sexual Abuse

Consent

Couple

The Holy Quran

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