Parental Intervention In Children's Households That Causes Divorce

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Parental intervention in their children’s households in Kecamatan Pamenang, especially affecting daughters-in-law living with their in-laws, reduces the autonomy of the couple, causes conflicts, and disrupts household harmony. Economic factors, patriarchal culture, and financial dependence strengthen parental dominance and increase the risk of divorce, as reflected in religious court decisions. From an Islamic perspective, excessive intervention contradicts the principles of Sharia, which emphasize the couple’s independence, the husband’s responsibility, and fair conflict resolution, highlighting the importance of balanced family roles, economic independence, and protection of spousal rights to maintain household harmony. This study uses a normative-empirical method with a juridical-empirical approach to analyze parental intervention in children’s households that may lead to divorce in Kecamatan Pamenang, Merangin Regency, based on Islamic law. Data were collected through literature review, observation, interviews, and documentation, and analyzed qualitatively through reduction, presentation, and conclusion drawing to understand the relationship between parental intervention, economic factors, and household harmony from an Islamic perspective. Excessive parental intervention in households in Kecamatan Pamenang, such as decision-making domination, interference in finances and child-rearing, and emotional pressure, reduces young couples’ independence, triggers conflicts, and weakens spousal bonds, thereby increasing the risk of divorce. From an Islamic legal perspective, actions that force divorce or seize spousal rights contradict Sharia principles, as marriage aims to create tranquility, love, and household harmony, while divorce is only valid according to the couple’s will and in accordance with fiqh procedures. Parents should allow young couples independence, provide advice without coercion, and respect spousal rights, while couples should maintain open communication and strong cooperation to preserve harmony, strengthen emotional bonds, and reduce the risk of divorce according to Sharia principles.