<![CDATA[The protection of women’s educational rights after marriage raises a critical question in Islamic family law: how can educational continuity be reconciled with family obligations without making the former automatically subordinate to the latter? This study examines Article 68 of Qatar’s Family Law No. 22 of 2006 through a normative legal method employing statutory and conceptual approaches. It analyzes the provision alongside related rules on reciprocal marital rights and family welfare, using contemporary maqāṣid al-sharīʿah scholarship to assess the relationship between educational protection and family responsibilities. The findings indicate that Article 68 expressly recognizes a wife’s right to complete compulsory education and continue university education in Qatar, but leaves the criteria for determining conflicts with family obligations insufficiently specified. The study argues that this qualification should be interpreted proportionately, taking into account both the wife’s educational continuity and the spouses’ reciprocal responsibilities, rather than treating domestic obligations as an automatic ground for restricting education. To develop this interpretation, the article proposes Educational Partnership in Marriage as a normative framework grounded in reciprocal support, negotiation, and shared accommodation of educational and family needs. By connecting the protection of intellect (ḥifẓ al-ʿaql) with family welfare and the protection of offspring (ḥifẓ al-nasl), the study demonstrates how maqāṣid can inform the interpretation of a specific family-law provision. The framework offers a conceptual reference for further legal research and comparative discussions on protecting women’s educational continuity after marriage, including in Indonesia.]]>
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