JURNAL MAHKAMAH
Vol. 11 No. 1 Juni (2026)

Maqāṣid al-Usrah's Ambivalence in the Judge's Consideration of the Refusal of Polygamy License

Muhammad Ali Al Awshat (Universitas Islam Negeri Maulana Malik Ibrahim Malang, Indonesia)
Umi Sumbullah (Universitas Islam Negeri Maulana Malik Ibrahim Malang, Indonesia)
M. Aunul Hakim (Universitas Islam Negeri Maulana Malik Ibrahim Malang, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
08 Jun 2026

Abstract

This study analyzes the Decision of the Lubuk Pakam Religious Court No. 0007/Pdt.G/2019/PA. LPKs who refuse applications for polygamy licenses even though the cumulative conditions have been met, use the lens of Maqāṣid al-Usrah Jamāl al-Dīn 'Aṭiyyah. The evaluation was focused on  the judge's ratio decidendi to the achievement of the seven dimensions of family goals. The normative juridical research method is applied implementively through the legal syllogism method and doctrinal analysis, where the judge's legal considerations are directly confronted with the seven pillars of the sharia family. The novelty of this research lies in a holistic critique of the formalistic tendency of judges to ignore post-verdict sociological excesses. The author argumentatively asserts the existence of acute ambivalence in the verdict: on the one hand the judge succeeded in protecting the dimension  of taḥqīq al-sakīnah wa al-mawaddah wa al-raḥmah of the first harmonious family, but on the other hand was passive in the threat  of the collapse of the dimension of tanẓīm al-'alāqah bayn al-jinsayn, ḥifẓ al-nasl wa al-nasab, and Tanẓīm al-jānib al-mu'assasī wa al-mālī li al-usrah. The socio-legal implications of this ruling suggest that mere administrative restrictions without comprehensive mitigation actually trigger the migration of perpetrators to serial polygamous practices that strip them of legal protection and civil rights of the second wife and children who are born.

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JM

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Subject

Law, Crime, Criminology & Criminal Justice

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Jurnal Mahkamah adalah Jurnal Ilmiah Berkala yang memuat artikel hasil penelitian mupun artikel konseptual di bidang Ilmu Hukum dan Hukum Islam. Jurnal Mahkamah diterbitkan oleh Fakultas Syaria'ah Institut Agama Islam NU (IAIM NU) Metro Lampung. Redaksi membuka kesempatan kepada para Kademisi, ...