Asphyxiated marriage quagmire: Muslim health workers on call

Abstract

Background: “Love,” as a multidimensional concept has been identified in Islam as one of the basis of good enough marriage. The marriage become asphyxiated when the love in marital relationship becomes lacking. Further

complicating the marriage on the downside is that of reaching the stage of inescapability or marriage quagmire. These two are often the major cause of derailed marriage. Hence, this study aimed to identify the causes of asphyxiated marriage quagmire and provide Islamic panacea to them.

Methods/Result: Relevant literature were reviewed and common causes of asphyxiated marriage quagmire identified are premarital pseudo-love bubble, and marital intra-familial and extra-familial factors. This challenges the Muslim health care workers’ public calls to be transformational for both self and others. All conscious Muslims, and all Muslim health workers must be responsively be on call so as to be the Islamic mirror for their communities and the world.

Conclusion: The review concluded that Muslim healthcare workers are also terribly bedeviled with the asphyxiated marriage quagmire phenomenon, if not worse. Outside identifying the likely causes of this phenomenon, it emphasized Islamic-proven solutions as the panacea to a healthier Muslim family as well as a global model for all communities.