Missing links between the Islamic marital vision and the Muslim practice among the Yoruba in Nigeria
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2016
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Journal of Education and Social Sciences
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Marriage is ordained in Islam to stabilize individual and the society. It is premised on tranquility, love and mercy that should permeate the Muslim matrimony. However, reverse is the case in many contemporary Muslim marriages among the Yoruba in Nigeria. Many homes have been turned into abode of tension, pain, grief, and regret. Rather than love and compassion, hatred, mistrust and distress now characterize family life with their attendant social and health hazards. This scenario depicts some missing links between the Islamic vision of the home and the reality of Muslim homes. It is these links that this study hopes to examine among the Yoruba Muslim couples of Nigeria. The study is descriptive, while interview is the major research instrument. The paper reveals that couple’s lack of commitment, mismanagement of marital discord, mishandling of polygyny, extended family interference and economic predicament are major causes of the failure of Muslim marriages among the Yoruba. However, it is suggested that if couples are committed to their marital pledges as prescribed by Islam, other problems are surmountable and peace, love and care would resurface as envisioned by Islam.
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Hussain-Abubakar, Sherifat. (2016). Missing links between the Islamic marital vision and the Muslim practice among the Yoruba in Nigeria. Journal of Education and Social Sciences, 5(3): 51-58, published by Zes Rokman Resources, Malaysia. Available online at https://www.jesoc.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/JESOC-5-31.pdf