EFFECTS OF DIVORCE ON THE MUSLIMS OF ILORIN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, KWARA SATE.

Divorce actually occurs when the sanctity of marriage shackles and the centre can no longer hold. Marriage under normal circumstance supposes to bring peace, love and unity; but unfortunately, divorce is very rampant nowadays and its bell rings without bordering on its harmful consequences; or its devastating effects on the wife, husband, children, parents and friends. As an accident doesn't just happen without a cause, so is divorce. The causes of divorce as explained in this paper includes: impatience by the couples, lack of respect for in­ laws and co-wives (by the wife), acceptance of misleading pieces of advice from fiends, getting conceived before solemnization of marriage, impotency, being diabolical, lack of religious knowledge or following of a sect leadership’s dictates. The researchers use the Glorious Qur’an and Hadith of Prophet Muhammad (SAW) as the first source of information and other related literature works which include the llorin Shari’ah Court of Appeal’s annual reports on divorce rulings as the secondary source. Empirical oral interview was conducted with five divorcees whose ages ranged between 23 and 24 years. The findings revealed that the victims of devastating effects of divorce include: the divorced woman, the children, the husband, friends, neigbours, and the society. The paper then draws conclusion and recommendations