Separation Due to Infidelity, Religiously and Legally

Abstract

Abstract: There is no doubt that Islamic law has established rights and duties for both spouses to preserve the marriage, and these rights have effects on marital life, and marriage brings about love and mercy, and the spouses must adhere to what Allah Almighty has commanded. When one or both spouses violate what is due and owed to them, this leads to destabilizing the family and undermining its foundations. Perhaps the most dangerous thing that threatens the family is what is called marital infidelity due to many internal factors in the soul and the family that push it towards it, and the temptations of life that encourage it, and the rights and duties that the spouse has over the other are not absolute, but are restricted by not harming each other, this rule is incontestable in marital life, and marital infidelity is considered one of the most harmful acts for both spouses and is forbidden by religion and law. If one of the spouses commits marital infidelity, that bond disappears due to the lack of trust, affection, and mercy between the spouses, and with its absence, hatred and hostility arise between the spouses because of that infidelity, so it is desirable to separate.