Tinjauan Metode Istilahi Terhadap Istri Berkarir Dalam Masa Iddah dan Ihdad

Abstract

The death of a husband causes a wife to have to carry out iddah and ihdad 4 months 10 days. of course this resulted in such a large negative impact on the career pursued by the wife and even on the economy in the household.This research focused on the legal provision for career wife in iddah and ihdad period caused by the death of the husband. This type of research is a literature research that aims to analyze legal norms by using a normative qualitative approach by researching textual library materials . This research is aims to analyze legal norms using a normative approach based on the istilahi method that prioritize the principles of maslahah. Through the stages or steps in digging the law by using istilahi method. Therefore,  leaving the house to work for career wife is preferred because there is greater benefit than performing the iddah period by staying at home. The wife has a career in the condition of carrying out the iddah period for the death of her husband who is bound by an employment contract, then the law may leave the house to continue working because it is considered a necessity and is at an emergency level. The level of emergency that is experienced by the wife due to the death of the husband is at the level of dharuriyyah (emergency). Therefore, this research is suggested for career wife to keep her nature as a wife who is undergoing iddah and ihdad.