THE DAILY ISLAMIC REMINDERS. Yaumul Ahad, 20th day of Muharram 1440, (Sunday 30th September, 2018). CAUSES OF RAMPANT DIVORCE IN OUR CONTEMPORARY MARRIAGES. Bismillahir Rahmaanir Raheem. My dear brothers and sisters in Islam, the subject which I would like to share with you today has been a matter of grave concern to all Muslims, when I look at the Muslim Ummah in the world today and try to project upon the future, it get me frustrated as to the direction our offsprings coming will be going through. Now the question is How is your relationship with your wife or husband? Lets note that a strong community is made of its’ units, and the unit of a strong community is a strong family but I have been appalled at the rate of divorce among Muslims today. Moreover I realize that there is so much confusion about the issue of divorce, amongst lay Muslims, and even amongst Islamic Leaderships in many Islamic Centers. Its now like a fun where men and women jumping from one men/women to the other as if we are not accountable for it when we die. Let's fear Allah because marriage is a trust from Allah and we will be answerable to Allah for our actions in our marriages. I have realized that there are lots of causes which can be pointed at, which have contributed to this rising incidence of divorce amongst Muslims but will mention one most important cause in this reminder. To start with, there is carelessness and superficiality, in making the choice of the concept in the first place. So many people marry men/women for their wealth/beauty, they fall in love and they marry. Then few months or a year later, they are divorced, because he/she has gotten what he/she wanted. Nothing wrong to choose base on these BUT did he/she has eemaan/knowledge required to be a husband or wife? Unfortunately many Muslims, young and old, are attracted to superficial looks, which are not that durable. What is durable is the faith in the heart and the Taqwa of Allah, Praised and Exalted be HE. If he or she has the looks/wealth and more importantly eemaan/fear of Allah then that's what you should be looking at. Today some even marry non Muslims/ so called white or foreign women because of money or wanting to travel abroad, where lies your eemaan? Have you forgotten death? Is that man or woman you want to entrust your children with when you die? Are you truly preparing for death and thinking of children to pray for you or partner to pray for you as sadaqatul Jaariyah?. Think and change for ALLAH sake. We ask ALLAH to protect us from any satanic influences that can lead us to divorce our love ones. Aameen.