who looks after women when men are at war.

[carol_au]

I have a question

When men are fighting jihaad.. who looks after the needs of women?

Given what I know of the importance of women being escorted and looked after in public by their brothers, husbands, fathers, sons etc.. who looks after their needs when the men are fighting?

My question is in response to a movie I watched recently based on the state of affairs after wars have finished and the male populations very depleted and it provoked this question.. with so many men dying in places like Iraq.. who looks after the needs of the women in those countries?

[Haz]

As-Salamu Alaikum

When Prophet (sal) went for Battles, he left few muslim men incharge of running the affairs of the town and to look after women, children and old men. In special circumstances the ruler or a scholar can give permission to stay home- depending on the situation.

In this day an age even if most men go to war, you will still have soldiers to protect the town.

[carol_au]

Thanks Haz..

But another question. If most of the men leave a place where it is not allowed for a woman to be outdoors without a man with her.. how does she find food? If she cannot work outside the home, who looks after her? What about children left homeless?

It's not so much the protection from attack, as the protection from starvation and destitution I'm wondering about

[Al-Nasser]

Caliph Umar Ibn Al Khattab (ra) didn't forget his point as he was a very smart man and a great leader......in his era the Islamic armies were fighting on many fronts and the man would stay months away from his family...so the Caliph asked his daughter how long can the averge woman stay away from her husband and she told him that the maximum is three months so he gave his order that no fighting Mujahid is allowed to stay more than three months without a holiday to see his family

and also it was one of the treasury house jobs to look after the families of the Mujahdeen financily

[Haz]

Lets consider a scenario. A husband going out of the country for buisness purposes. He has to consider how the wife is going to get the money, who is going to be the mahram when going outside i.e: with in-laws, her mother, sister or brother. Who is going to pay the bills etc... and ofcourse the state is going to assist the families.

For further details i think you can ask a Scholar or a knowledgible bro/sis.

[carol_au]

So, in light of what you have written and what the hadiths say about this matter.. does it happen like this for all Muslim women and children in all parts of the world where war is happening? (I guess this could also mean places like Pakistan as well, where many men would have died in the earthquakes.)

I am sincerly interested in knowing if there really is a well established social system in place for the well being of women and children. Many thanks for your responses.