Mohammad Rafoqie
Junior Member
By Mohammad Rafiqu Etesame
Some people see the Islamic law of divorce by a different point of view. They are of the opinion that the wife should also divorce to her husband according to the need of time as her husband can divorce her.
The Question arises: who should, actually enjoy the right of divorce both wife or husband? In the first position, if both the spouses enjoy the right of divorce, then the ratio of divorce will be increase . And it will play havoc with the family system. For example, we see in the Western countries, where divorce is excessively given, marriage is as a joke there. Whenever one of the spouses wants, he/she divorces the second one. Often it so happens that when the husband returns home from his daily work, he finds his wife missing and a notice of divorce placed on the table. Some times its subject is as:-
“My Dear! I divorce you and I feel no sorry over it Because I don’t like you at all. Now I have chosen another partner for life and we are going to court for marriage. So, by the golden memories of the gone days….by by!!”
To avoid such irregularities and to make the family system safe and sound, Islam awards right of divorce only to the husbands. Almighty Allah Says in the Holy Qur’an, “If ye divorce them before ye have touched them and ye have appointed unto them a portion, then (pay the) half of that which ye appointed, unless they (the women) agree to forgo it, or he agreeth to forgo it in whose hand is the marriage-tie. To forgo is nearer to piety. And forget not kindness among yourselves. Allah is Seer of what ye do.” (Al-Baqarah:237)
It is a matter of fact that the woman is more emotional and sentimental than the man. If she is awarded the right of divorce, she can separate herself from her husband over a trifle, So, for the betterment of the family system , it is necessary that only the husband should enjoy the right of divorce.