Re: Islamic PreNup
I'm not talking about prenups in the usual sense used in the United States so that the wealthier partner can protect their own earned-inherited wealth.
I'm talking about a prenup that outlines the Islamic laws of division of assets during a divorce, so that one doesn't need to go by the law of the land.
I find it odd Teggy, that you encourage using the law of the land. Meanwhile, muslims will have an uproar when it comes to any law that impinges on exercising your right to wear a hijab or laws that regulate what goes on in a madrassa. So, is it not injustice to expect a female to take a risk of undergoing a divorce through the laws of her land that don't afford her the same rights that Islam does?
I think this is something the Islamic community abroad needs to push. There are too many working muslim women now who have their hard earned wealth, which no husband has a right to, at stake. A friend of mine has made a considerable amount of income, and has debts to pay off from her schooling, and yet, her ex-husband is walking away with nearly 10,000 dollars.
Incidentally, he is unemployed, and has been unemployed since his graduation. His family told my friend and her family that he's a doctor. Turns out, he did not have a degree even.
The law of the land divided up the assets she had accumulated after being in the workforce for less than a year.
Is this fair?
I told her that she should have had a prenup signed, that simply allowed her the basic rights she has given by God according to her religion - i.e. that her husband can't touch her wealth or her family's wealth. Some of the money he made off with was her inheritance.
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May I remind you that the law of the land permits prenups, and this is the right of an American citizen entering a marriage contract.
The Nikkahnama does not have this information regarding division of assets on it, does it? In detailed terms, that is?