Digital Divorce Arising from Social Media Infidelity
Reconstructing the Concepts of Nusyūz and Shiqāq in Light of Maqāṣid al-Sharīʿah
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Abstract: The growing use of social media has given rise to a new pattern of marital conflict known as digital divorce, namely divorce triggered by infidelity conducted through virtual communication without physical contact. This phenomenon has not yet been accommodated within the classical formulations of the concepts of nusyūz and shiqāq in Islamic family law. This study aims to analyse how digital infidelity has altered patterns of marital conflict and to reconstruct the concepts of nusyūz and shiqāq through the perspective of Maqāṣid al-Sharīʿah so that they remain relevant to digital society. This study employs a normative-qualitative method with a library research design, drawing on the Qur'an, hadith, classical and contemporary fiqh literature, Indonesian marriage legislation, and prior research, which are analysed descriptively-analytically using a maqāṣid approach. The findings indicate that digital infidelity encompassing emotional relationships conducted through private messages, sexting, and concealed virtual relations constitutes a substantial violation of marital commitment that may be categorised as a contemporary form of nusyūz, while the jealousy, excessive surveillance, and communication breakdown that it generates reflect an expanded meaning of shiqāq. Maqāṣid al-Sharīʿah, particularly ḥifẓ al-nasl and ḥifẓ al-ʿirḍ, provides a normative foundation for this reconstruction, extending family protection from the biological dimension towards trust, honour, and emotional security.
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