Sheikh Ayuba Abubakar of the Federal Capital Territory Magistrates’ Court has expressed worry over the high rate of divorce among young couples in the FCT.
Speaking at the Annual Ramadan Lecture organised by the Afemai Islamic Movement in Abuja on Sunday, the cleric lamented that most parents usually ignore the instructions of the Holy Quran when giving their children out in marriage.
”As a judge, we are having a high rate of divorce, especially the rate in the FCT. It is so alarming. Young couples in two years and three years of marriage drag 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 offering prayers to Allah for guidance and following 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. Those rules are to bring harmony in our homes.”
Abubakar added that though divorce was detestable, it was permitted in Islam.
”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,” he added.
Also speaking, the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Afemai Islamic Movement, Alhaji Momodu Kadiri, said the aim of the movement was to promote Islam among the Edo people in Abuja and Muslims across the country.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Afemai is an ethnic group living in the northern part of Edo in the South-South geopolitical zone of Nigeria.
They occupy six local government areas of Etsako West, with headquarters in Auchi, Etsako Central, Etsako East, Owan East, Owan West and Akoko Edo.
