This article analyzes the reformulation of qiwāmah based on maqāṣid alsharī‘ah, with a focus on its relevance to economic justice in contemporary Muslim families. The discussion departs from the changing structure of family economics, including the increasing financial contribution of wives, dualearner households, and the need for a more proportional distribution of rights, duties, and authority. The purpose of this study is to reconstruct qiwāmah from a model of unilateral authority into a relational responsibility oriented toward welfare, justice, and family protection. The method used is library research with a normative-conceptual approach, in which primary and secondary literature related to qiwāmah, nafāqah, maqāṣid al-sharī‘ah, gender justice, and family economics is collected and descriptively analyzed. The findings show that qiwāmah should be understood through six indicators: sufficiency of maintenance, protection of life, continuity of care, distribution of domestic work, participation in decision-making, and protection of family assets. Thus, this study offers a model of economically just qiwāmah that can serve as a conceptual framework for Islamic family law, family counseling, and gender-responsive policy development.
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