حقوق المسنين في التشريعات المعاصرة من منظور إسلامي "دراسة مقارنة"

Abstract

 The research aimed to clarify the concept of the elderly and present its place in Islam and contemporary legislation, and to present the areas of rights for the elderly through Islamic law and contemporary legislation, and to reveal the effects of caring for the rights of the elderly in Islam and contemporary legislation. Use the comparative descriptive approach. The research reached several results, most notably that there was no agreement on a specific age specific to old age, and it was determined according to international conventions at the age of sixty or sixty-five. The issue of the elderly is a global humanitarian issue in which Islamic legislation and contemporary legislation have been interested, and the elderly occupies a privileged position in Islamic law represented in taking into account and appreciating their weakness, while contemporary laws and legislation consider the elderly as a problem facing the whole world.The elderly are also involved in various aspects of care in Islamic society, starting with the family, then society and the state, while in Western societies care is limited to the state. In addition, Islamic law as well as contemporary legislation included provisions on the right of the elderly to care, and Islamic law committed to caring for the elderly, and receiving care from the family and society.

 Based on these results, the research presented several proposals, the most important of which are: enabling the elderly to identify their needs themselves, providing them with opportunities to fully exploit their skills and experiences acquired in their lives, for the benefit of them and society, and setting mechanisms and rules by international organizations to protect the elderly in society, through awareness of attention to the elderly.