Faraq Marriage, It's Causes and Implication: A Case Study in the Syariah Court Of Federal Territories

Abstract

This study focuses on divorce by the ground of Faraq whether by the wife or prosecution by the Religious Council of the State, whereas according to Islamic principles and statutory provisions in Islamic Family Law of Federal Territories Act 1984 (Act 303). Furthermore, the methodology of research that is used in this study is through library research and observation on cases which conducted in the Syariah Court of Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur. Besides that, the study is also related to the divisions of other types of dissolution of marriage or Faraq, its causes and the implications to the children, wife and husband after Faraq. It is also to identify the jurisdictions of the Syariah Court of Federal Territories and the example besides of cases that involved in Faraq marriage.