Qur'anic Answers

Islam is a practical religion that acknowledges the realities of human life.  While marriage is sacred, Islam recognises that not all marriages can last. Divorce is therefore permitted as a reality of life, and this permission itself is a mercy, for it prevents prolonged unhappiness by allowing people to end marriages that have become a source of pain rather than peace.

The early years of Islam after Prophet Mohammed (peace be upon him) reveal a very interesting insight into how Divine Law was preserved. The earliest generation of Muslims based their understanding on the principle that the Qur'an was the only source of religious law. This narrative challenges later traditions which elevated the Hadith to equal authority with the Qur'an when it came to legislation. The reason for the early Muslim community's sole focus on the Qur'an is because of the Book's own claim to being complete and fully detailed. This generation contrasts with the later generations who claimed the Qur'an was an abstract things which needed explaining from a second body of law: the hadith.