Are there any islamic rulings about women being the breadwinners in the household?
For example, if financially they would be better off, or the guy is just plain lazy and refuses to work and urges the wife to work.
Are they allowed to be the main breadwinner?
Should the husband therefore undertake all the duties that a housewife does?
Real answers please.
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yeah women can be and they are not obliged to give the lazy ass dear hubby a penny either. Get him to work and to do the housework.
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Thats an interesting question. Cause what happens to 4:34 does the woman now beat the husband?
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Women are allowed to work whether they are the breadwinner or not. It is just preferred that they stay at home to take care of their children. However, they're not obligated to contribute the money they earn towards the household. A woman's money is her own money. Nobody has acces to it, her father, brother, and especially husband.
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Yes I know.
What i am trying to get clarified is are there any islamic rulings on the woman taking on the husbands role i.e provide for the family.
Is it allowed?
It seems to be a growing trend, mainly because of financial issues, or childcare issues.
So what if they decide the man should stay at home cuz the wife is the higher earner?
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I don't see why there should be any Islamic issue. If the man can't work for some reason, or cannot make enough, then why would anyone object to it? Then again, we're talking about Muslims, most of whom mix thier ass backward cultural mentalities with religion
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Mariah, in sub-Saharan Africa, women contribute 70% towards the GDP whereas they are only 50% of the population. Increasingly, women are contributing more to the economy than they did only 40 years ago. The feminist movement has a lot to do with that. Women are equally (if not more) brighter as their opposite sex. For example (and I know that from my own work) women beat men by 3:1 as Public School teachers in NYC. The ratio is bad in higher education (there are many reasons for that, but Capability is not the reason).
So for you to ask that women be breadwinner is a little too late to ask. Women are already breadwinners in many parts of the world. This whole notion of “breadwinner” is a sexist notion. Women worked in the farm, women harvest, women even baked the friggin bread, what the hell did man actually do other than to coin the phrase “breadwinner”? Saying that women are breadwinner is not different from saying that women have tits.
The second part of your question: Should husband take over the household chores. NO. If you wont want the household to be torn in pieces, please don’t let any male take over the house. Let them keep busy with destroying the world.
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Yes I hear you Madhanee.
But i dont think that really answers my question.
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Mariah, i know muslim women who say doing the household chores is not her repsonsibility as it is the man's duty to provide for her including cooked food and I say right on!
In modern society it is becoming increasingly difficult to not be in a dual income household-therefore it only makes sense that household chores are shared. And if the woman is the main earner then surely the man's responsibilty is to do his share of the work in the home. if u r looking for an islamic ruling that says men shouldn't do housework u r not going to find it, more likely the reverse.
I do not mean to offend u but your question has a answer rooted in common sense, it doesn't really need an islamic fatwa!