Spouses Common Rights: A Comparative Jurisprudential Study Under UAE Personal Status Law

Abstract

The study aims to identify the types of common rights between spouses, their legal justifications, highlighting jurists views regarding such spouses common rights compared UAE law direction concerning these obligations. The inductive-analytical approach was followed for the study purposes. The study is divided into an introduction, four sections, and a conclusion. The introduction dealt with rights importance, rights literal and functional definition, and types within the family with focus on spouses common rights. Section one discussed spouses right to enjoy each other's company. Section two explored the prohibition of marriage between spouses' relatives. Section three examined marital kind treatment and affability. Section four focused on inheritance between spouses.The study findings showed that Islam has established a family system based on firm principles, including affection, mercy, justice, compassion, solidarity, and comprehensive regulation of family matters. It was also concluded that marriage has been given prerequisites, conditions, and sound pillars upon which marital life is built.