Woman in Islamic Shari‘ah
7. Concerning divorce
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7. CONCERNING DIVORCE
WHEN A man and a woman bind themselves
together by tying the knot of marriage, they cherish
the hope of living together for the whole of the rest
of their lives. Then, when nature blesses their union
with a child, it strengthens the bond of marriage,
providing a guarantee of its greater depth and
stability. On the basis of data collected in western
countries, the
Encyclopaedia Britannica
of 1984
confirms this with the statement that “childless
couples tend to have a higher divorce rate than
couples with children.”
129
A divorce court judge in the West holds that “every
little youngster born to a couple is an added
assurance that their marriage will never be
dissolved in a divorce court.”
130
Inspite of these apparently favorable psychological
factors and natural, traditional attachments of
parents and children, the rising incidence of divorce
is a new and observable phenomenon of the
Modern world. One of the most important
contributing factors is the ease with which women
