Pathology of the role of government towards widows

AbstractThe Islamic government has different duties before the people. One of the most vulnerable segments of society is widows, for whom the Islamic ruler has special duties, as in hadiths, the Prophet (s) and Imam Ali (a) have been mentioned as the refuge of widows. This article tries to study the islamic government's duties toward widows from the perspective of verses and hadiths, and then examine the Islamic model in terms of implementation of Iranian law. The research method is descriptive-analytical and based on the data collected in library intermediary resources. According to the findings of this study, from the perspective of verses and hadiths, providing economic needs of widows and creating justice is one of the most important duties of the Islamic ruler, and the ruler should also reduce social harms such as slander, humiliations and psychological harms of widows by creating and creating facilities for quickly addressing widows' complaints and preparing conditions for facilitating communication with counselors. In a comparative study of the Islamic model with Iranian laws toward widows, the findings show that the laws Iran has enacted regarding widows are related to the provision of economic needs of widows of non-working women, which is the responsibility of the welfare and relief committee to enforce these laws. Also, by placing counselors in these two institutions, the government has addressed the problems of widows in the social, economic, law, etc. Gives free advice. However, the problems caused by society's misguided cultures and attitudes, including suspicion, slander and humiliation of widows and sexual harassment, have also been ignored. In this regard, optimal culture building by public media, establishment of associations for consulting, welfare, financial and empowerment services These women, as well as publications and websites to investigate and address the problems of widows, including housekeeping as jobs, the creation of government kindergartens with appropriate facilities and the number needed, and most importantly, putting officers in place to inspect widows and address their complaints are proposals to alleviate the problems of widows.