Abstract
Marriage is a sacred legal contract in Islam. The Prophet (PBUH) has declared it compulsory (wajib) for both man and woman. It is considered half of religion, while the remaining half can be saved by taqwa. Unfortunately when this relation breaks or is lost all of a sudden, then women and kids suffer in each financial, physical and social spheres of life. A woman feels insecure and confused in case her husband is missing and no news or whereabouts of him are known to anyone. The main purpose of the present research is to overcome the problem of uncertainty and hardships created by this situation for the suffering wife and her progeny and to illustrate that the Islamic shari’ah has discussed the issue amply and has provided the sufferer her due rights in the absence of her husband.