The Impact of Contemporary Trials on Divorce

Question:
In your opinion, Shaykh, which has a greater impact on the occurrence of marriage in our society: the influence of films on young people, and their obsession with the body and beauty, or the defiance of women in obedience and their lack of care for their husbands, as you mentioned? Which is the primary cause: is it the men?

Answer:
Likewise, among the causes—and this is a cause I have pointed out, may Allah reward you with good, welcome—is the contemporary trials of looking at films and satellite channels, and what is shown on them of women who display their adornment, who are beautiful and who adorn themselves. When he looks at them and compares them to his wife, he loses interest in his wife. He loses interest in his wife, and this leads to her divorce, because his heart becomes attached to that scene and he turns away from his wife. Also, among the causes of divorce are travels, men traveling abroad for vacations or outings or the like. If they travel to those lands and see women who are undressed and uncovered, they return with a loss of interest in their women because of what they saw of the sights of these captivating women? Yes.