Personal status, as one of the most important branches of private law, is deeply influenced by Islamic Sharia and social developments in Islamic countries. Research on the approach to the development of personal status in Islamic countries not only helps to better understand the historical and legal processes of this development, but can also provide solutions for reconciling tradition and new issues. As is necessary to ensure social justice and respond to the needs of Islamic societies. The main issue under study is what the approaches governing the development of personal status in Islamic countries have been and by what mechanism? It seems that the approaches governing the development of personal status systems in most Islamic countries are in line with global convergence and are influenced by international laws and documents. Therefore, the present study, using a descriptive-analytical method and with the aim of examining the approaches to change in the personal status system of Islamic countries, shows that personal status in Islamic countries is affected by international laws and documents in light of human rights developments, and as a result of the developments that have taken place, parts of their civil laws are modeled after Western examples; however, despite this influence, a tendency to return to the original Islamic thought and the rule of its legal laws is seen in some of the aforementioned countries.