Causes of the Proliferation of Divorce in Society

The questioner:
The author has moved to a new chapter, the chapter on what causes the number of divorces to vary. But before we proceed to the next chapter, we turn to your eminence with a question. Shaykh Salih al-Fawzan, in Saudi society, one reads a lot about divorce cases, which are very widespread. We want to discuss two aspects of this. Please, take whatever time remains. May Allah reward you with good for explaining the causes of this and your guidance to husbands and wives in treating this phenomenon.

The Shaykh:
First, divorce is bound to occur in society. Praise be to Allah. It is a phenomenon that Allah the Exalted has legislated. Only the Christians or those influenced

The presenter:
by their culture

The Shaykh:
in their culture

The presenter:
May Allah make you happy.

The Shaykh:
So divorce is something Allah has established for Muslims, and it provides relief for the husband and relief for the wife if the situation does not settle and the marital relationship does not go well. Allah has made divorce an exit. He said: "And if they separate, Allah will enrich

The presenter:
each of them."

The Shaykh:
As mentioned at the beginning of the chapter, divorce is sometimes obligatory, sometimes recommended, sometimes forbidden, sometimes disliked, and sometimes permissible, depending on the circumstances. Yes, depending on the conditions. Second.
if the divorce has no cause and no justification, and the man simply marries and divorces, marries this divorced woman, and this is one of the connoisseurs of women, then divorce is not permissible, or it is disliked for him to divorce without a cause that necessitates it, because of the resulting scattering of families, the idling of women, and the exposure of men and women to falling into moral corruption. Because the continuation of the marriage is required if the situation is good and the coexistence between the two spouses is proper. So the continuation of the marriage is required. Therefore, ruining this marriage, which is proceeding correctly and with good conduct, is prohibited. It has harms in society that are not hidden. And third,
rushing into divorce in anger or at any disagreement. Some men take divorce as a weapon and brandish it in the face of the poor woman. At any disagreement or anything that happens between him and her, he brands her with the weapon of divorce. This is something that is prohibited. A person controls his tongue. If he wants to say something to educate the woman and guide her, let him do so with words other than divorce, words that do not lead to harm.
So the spread of divorce in society has causes, without doubt. Among them, among them, among them, I mean, the harshness of men, the harshness of men and their bad character. And the divorce may be caused by the woman. The woman may also be annoyed with her husband and refuse to serve him and refuse to allow him access to herself in the way Allah the Exalted has permitted. So the husband is driven to divorce by that. And the cause is the woman's bad conduct with him. So just as we blame men, we also blame women to be good in their coexistence with their husbands and to consider their husbands. And among the causes of divorce,
is what has emerged in this era of women working outside the home, employment jobs. So the woman gets a job, goes out to her job, and leaves the house, leaves the children, and leaves the husband too. And she may travel to another country for her job. So the husband needs a woman who is within his reach and in his home. If she goes to her work and her job, and the husband wants a wife to find rest with? . To find rest
with her, , the wife is a place of rest for the husband. If she is attached to employment jobs, then this is the ruin of homes and the ruin of families. So this leads to divorce. And a cause of the increase of divorce in this era is this phenomenon: that women have become attached to employment jobs and have made the husband's right something that is not valued or cared for. So this is one of the most important causes that leads to divorce. So if a woman marries, her official, basic, and beneficial work is in her home, with her children, and with her husband. This is the beneficial work. Yes.