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Married women seclusion in their matrimonial homes is a fundamental permissible act in Islam. While Islam encourage complete seclusion of women known as purdah, it did encourage them to partake in economic activities for livelihood and supporting their families. In Nigeria, there quite sizeable number of family that practice purdah, especially in traditional and customary Hausa-Fulani societies, and this does to a very large extent given the economic dynamism of contemporary secular societies, undermine their economic endeavours. The main aim of this paper is to argue that since Islam encourages women to leverage on their economic endeavours and partake in income-generating activities, such women could be empowered using Arabic and Islamic approach. Using these available approaches, such as Zakkat, Waqf, and other frameworks would not only empower Muslim women in purdah but would also alleviate poverty among them. The paper, thus recommends Muslim communities to extend such principles and frameworks to women in purdah in order to address the scorching poverty among them.
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