Wives and Work: Islamic Law and Ethics Before Modernity

Author/Contributor(s):	Katz, Marion Holmes
Publisher:	Columbia University Press
Date:	10/25/2022
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

It is widely held today that classical Islamic law denies that wives have any obligation to do housework. Marion Holmes Katz offers a new account of debates on wives' domestic labor that recasts the historical relationship between Islamic law and ethics.