The Judge of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Magistrate Court, Ayuba Abubakar has said that there is a high rate of divorce among young couples living in the city.
He admitted that although this act was also found in other cities, it was more rampant in the nation’s capital city.
Abubakar stated this at the Annual Ramadan Lecture themed ‘The Role of Parent in Raising God-fearing Children.’ The lecture was organised by the Afemai Islamic Movement in Abuja on Sunday.
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According to the Judge, he received cases of young marriages like three, at most five seeking a divorce at the court.
The scholar claimed that most parents don’t follow the instructions of the Holy Quran but only follow their children’s bidding when the issue of marriage arises.
To avoid this seeming trend, he urged parents to educate their children on the Islamic regulations before giving their children out in marriage.
He said;
“As a judge, we are having a high rate of divorce, especially the rate in the FCT is so alarming, young couples in two years, three years marriage, dragged themselves to courts. And we discovered that in so many of it, there is no other way than to just separate them to live in peace.
“The implication is that if we don’t follow the Islamic regulation by making prayers to Allah for guidance and follow the Islamic teaching, there will be domestic problems. This teaching is for the husband to know his duty and his rights and for the wife to lower her duty and rights and by the time you think of those rules, it is to bring harmony in our homes.”
Though divorce was acceptable in Islamic belief, the act was also detestable.
He restated that parents should supervise their children’s decision in choosing a life partner aforetime.
He said:
“As a Muslim, you must ensure that your home is an Islamic home, a home where you recite the Quran, a home where you take turns to gather the children and teach them the word of Allah. You teach them the words of the prophets and not just allow them to fully have western education but add Islamic education to it as this will guarantee your children will be pious Muslims.”
