Women's Perception Towards Polygamy

Abstract

This academic project discussed about polygamy from woman's perspective. To get the data and information for this research, some method had used such as library research, interview and questionnaire. The scope of this study is at Machang Town, Kelantan and 50 woman had chose for interviewing and they are also given the questionnaires form to help the researcher do this research. The respondents include students, businesswomen, housewives, public and private staffs. The primary objective of this research is to know the problems of women on why they accept or reject polygamy, the particular marriage practice allowable in Islam. Secondly, this research aims to look into the effects in a polygamous marriage. Finally, the research provides practical suggestions and recommendations an avoiding in a polygamous marriage. From this research, the researcher gets that some of women did not agree with polygamy, where the main cause that they cannot accept it because the man cannot be fair after the marriage and they think that this polygamy will come many problem to make family society. Therefore, it is become the responsibility to all Muslim society and also to government to overcome this problem, by implement this polygamy marriage in the right way and follow to Syariah Islamiah and also to change women perspective to polygamy marriage.