Causes of the Increase in Divorce

Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: In recent times, divorce has become very common, to the point that specialists in this field have cited large statistics. Is there any guidance from your eminence regarding this?

Answer:
Yes, divorce has increased because women’s character has deteriorated, their treatment of their husbands has become bad, and they have become arrogant toward their husbands because of their education, because of their jobs, and because of [other factors]. So she has become like another man. Therefore, the husband cannot bear with her. The husband wants a woman, he wants a woman who is obedient to him, in his home, in managing his affairs, and in serving him. So the woman today has become masculine. This is the cause of divorce; this is the cause of the increase in divorce. Yes.

Question:
In the name of Allah, peace be upon you.

Answer:
They call for women's freedom; he wants it, he wants it, this bad result, he wants to corrupt society. Yes, women's freedom in the Shari'ah and the rulings of Allah, her freedom in what Allah has prescribed, that is the freedom, not in her being unrestrained and going out against the commands of the Shari'ah; that is slavery, it is not freedom. Yes.