The reasons for divorce in present-day society

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ADNAN OKTAR’S INTERVIEW WITH KANAL 35 (IZMIR) (21 February 2009)

ADNAN OKTAR: If a woman has no love for her husband, if she is convinced of that, then there is no sense in prolonging matters. Allah will provide for her. There is no need to hesitate out of a fear for the future. They should separate, politely, respectfully, without enmity, and without making a terrible fuss.

REPORTER: What if the woman has children and nowhere else to go, no financial support, no source of income...?

ADNAN OKTAR: Impossible. Allah will definitely protect her. Allah will definitely guide her way. She must place her trust in Allah. If she has faith and is intelligent and pleasant natured, though such moral virtues are not easy to come by. They cannot easily be obtained. Of course a person may undergo difficulties if necessary. But that person will survive through passion and profound love. Happiness or suffering. She may not have much to eat, she may live in a tiny room, but she will be happy. Someone else may live in a palace yet still be unhappy.

In other words, women who regard this as cunning and the logical thing to do always end up suffering. I see these things. Being rich does not make them happy, it actually makes them suffer even worse. That is why in those circumstances one must behave in an honorable way, in a manner befitting a Muslim. If she really does not love or respect him, if she can find no depth, passion or love in him, if she seeks a more powerful manifestation of Allah and regards him as morally weak and deficient, then of course the best thing is to separate. But it is totally dishonorable to separate for material reasons, for reasons such as his face or eyebrows being funny or his having run out of money. That is very ugly. Under those circumstances a Muslims puts his trust in Allah and is patient. Because one marries in the hope of being together for ever in the Hereafter. One cannot divorce one’s spouse for reasons such as those. One can never do that. But if they cannot get on for moral reasons, if there is a gulf between them in terms of faith and moral values, then they should separate.

ADNAN OKTAR’S INTERVIEW FOR KANAL 35 (IZMIR) (21 February 2009)

ADNAN OKTAR: You refer to women who get divorced. And there are women who divorce secretly, in their hearts. There are ten times as many more of those. In other words, women are divorced in their hearts but carry on as if they were married. Given the chance they will disappear that same day. They will divorce that same day. But they carry on with the marriage for material reasons or because of social pressure. So for that reason, true divorce levels could rise many times over.

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