<![CDATA[IntroductionIslamic family law normatively positions husbands as primarily responsible for household economic provision. Contemporary Muslim families, however, increasingly encounter economic conditions in which wives contribute income or assume greater breadwinning roles. This creates an important socio-legal question concerning how normative financial responsibility is maintained while household economic roles adapt to changing circumstances.ObjectivesThis study examines how Muslim husbands understand and practice family economic responsibility, how earning roles are negotiated under changing household conditions, and how these practices can be interpreted through maqasid al-shariah and living law.MethodThis study employed a qualitative socio-legal design combining empirical interviews with normative analysis of Islamic and Indonesian family law. Five married Muslim husbands in Hadimulyo Barat, Metro City, Lampung, Indonesia, were purposively selected. Interview data were analyzed inductively to identify recurring themes concerning breadwinning, household provision, economic cooperation, family welfare, and role negotiation, which were subsequently interpreted through maqasid al-shariah and living-law perspectives.ResultsThe findings show that participants consistently regarded husbands as primarily responsible for family economic provision, encompassing basic necessities, housing, children’s education, lawful income, family security, dignity, and longer-term asset formation. However, primary responsibility did not necessarily mean exclusive earning. Participants accepted wives’ financial contributions and conditional role substitution when husbands experienced illness, disability, unemployment, or other economic constraints. Local practices involving rumah tua and sesan further demonstrate that household resources may involve spouses and extended families.ImplicationsThe findings distinguish normative financial responsibility from the practical allocation of income-generating roles. Maqasid al-shariah frames provision as multidimensional family welfare, while living law explains its adaptation through economic capacity, cooperation, custom, and household circumstances. This interpretation can inform family financial planning, premarital education, counseling, and context-sensitive understandings of maintenance.Originality/NoveltyThis study develops negotiated economic responsibility as an integrative framework connecting qiwamah, nafaqah, maqasid al-shariah, living law, and household resource allocation. It demonstrates how normative continuity and socioeconomic adaptation can coexist within contemporary Muslim family economics.]]>
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