Future Brides’ and Grooms’ Understandings of the Terms Talak and Khulu’

Abstract

It is a common thing that future brides and grooms have special preparation prior to
 their marriage. One of them is premarital education which aims to equip them with
 knowledge of what their rights and obligations are in order to maintain the longevity
 of their marriage. Among the knowledge that every future bride and groom must have
 is an understanding of the terms talak and khulu’’, so it is expected that the couple do
 not play around using those two terms. The study is intended to examine the views
 of prospective brides’ and groom’s registered in the Office of Religious Affairs (KUA)
 in Medan about the terms talak and khulu’. Specifically, this study aims to investigate
 whether they understand the literal and the accurate meanings of the terminology as
 well as the consequences of the use of the terms talak and khulu’’. Using a descriptive
 qualitative method, it was found that there are still many future brides and grooms
 registered in KUA in Medan, who have not fundamentally understood the terms. it
 could be concluded from this finding that the understandings of future brides and
 grooms in Medan about the terms talak and khulu’’ are not sufficient, therefore, this
 study recommends that there is a need to add material about the two terms into
 pre-marital education conducted by KUA. In addition, it is also necessary to confirm
 the understanding of the future brides and grooms through a post-marital education
 examination.