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Obligation

Nafkah — everything

Nafkah (maintenance) is not a gift, not a present, and not dependent on goodwill. It is an obligation that can be claimed in the Syariah Court, and it begins on the day of the akad.

Sekilas pandang
Dua jenis

Nafkah zahir dan nafkah batin

Nafkah zahir
  • Makanan
  • Pakaian
  • Tempat tinggal
  • Rawatan perubatan
  • Keperluan harian yang munasabah
Nafkah batin
  • Hak kemesraan suami isteri
  • Sebahagian keadilan yang dituntut dalam poligami
  • Perasaan tidak dituntut; perbuatan dituntut
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Proses

Jika nafkah tidak diberi

Bincang dahuluKebanyakan kes berpunca daripada kesempitan, bukan keengganan.
Rujuk pegawai sulhDi Mahkamah Syariah. Percuma, dan ramai selesai di peringkat ini.
Failkan tuntutan nafkahBawa bukti: resit, penyata bank, mesej.
Perintah dikuatkuasakanTermasuk melalui potongan gaji.

Two types

Nafkah zahir (material maintenance)

Food, clothing, housing, medical treatment and reasonable daily needs according to the husband's means and local custom.

Nafkah batin (intimate rights)

The right to marital intimacy. It is also part of the justice required in polygyny.

Who is entitled

PartyPosition
WifeFully entitled for as long as the marriage subsists, and not forfeited because the wife works or has her own wealth.
Each wife in a polygynous marriageEach is entitled separately. One wife's maintenance is not part of another's.
ChildrenMenurut enakmen negeri, lazimnya sehingga 18 tahun (boleh dilanjutkan untuk pengajian); dari sudut fiqh, anak perempuan sehingga berkahwin.
Isteri dalam idah talak raj'iStill entitled throughout the iddah period.
Parents in needThe responsibility of children who are able.

Turn-taking (giliran) — justice that can be measured

"It is from the Sunnah of the Prophet ﷺ that when a man marries a virgin while he already has a previously married wife, he should stay with the virgin for seven nights; and when he marries a previously married woman while he already has a virgin wife, he should stay with her for three nights."

Sahih al-Bukhari 5213 · Sahih Muslim 1461 — from Anas bin Malik

The new wife's right

Seven nights if never married before · three nights if previously married

After that period, the turns return to equal among all wives. This is a sunnah provision for the start of a new household — not favouritism.

Sahih al-Bukhari 5213 · Sahih Muslim 1461
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This is the new wife's special right, and it differs according to her circumstances. Bikr (never married before) — seven nights in a row. Thayyib (previously married) — three nights. After that period, the turns return to equal among all wives. This period is not favouritism; it is a sunnah provision for the start of a new household.
Apa yang tidak dituntut. Kecenderungan hati. "Dan kamu tidak akan dapat berlaku adil di antara isteri-isteri kamu sekalipun kamu bersungguh-sungguh" (an-Nisa' 4:129) — tetapi ayat yang sama meneruskan: "maka janganlah kamu cenderung sepenuhnya sehingga kamu biarkan yang lain terkatung-katung." Perasaan tidak dituntut; perbuatan dituntut.

If maintenance is not provided

  1. Talk first — most cases stem from hardship, not refusal.
  2. Consult a sulh (mediation) officer at the Syariah Court. It is free, and many cases are resolved at this stage.
  3. File a maintenance claim at the Syariah Court. Bring evidence: receipts, bank statements, messages.
  4. A court order can be enforced, including through salary deduction.

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