Abstrak
The subject matter discussed in this thesis is the high divorce rate in the Solok Religious Court which is caused by social media which is then used as an excuse for someone to file a divorce request / lawsuit at the Solok Religious Court, the purpose of this discussion is to analyze the judges' considerations deciding the divorce case making social media the reason for divorce, and explaining the Islamic legal view of divorce on the grounds of social media. This type of research is field research or field research at the Solok Religious Court. The approach that the writer uses is descriptive qualitative which describes and explains the consideration of judges who decide on divorce cases for reasons of social media, data collection techniques are carried out by interviews and documentation, while the data source consists of primary data obtained from interviews with judges at the Solok Religious Court and Secondary data obtained from the judge's decision file at the Solok Religious Court. From research conducted by researchers in the field shows. First, the reason the Judges granted the divorce due to social media reasons was that the Judges did not see what was the initial cause of the divorce, but the Judges saw and considered the legal facts that occurred and assessed the household conditions of the Plaintiff / Petitioner and Defendant / Respondent. if the situation continues, it will cause harm and prolonged physical and mental suffering for both parties, so that the Panel of Judges is of the opinion to grant the petition / lawsuit for divorce / talaq. Second, divorce which makes social media an excuse for divorce It is not written in the Islamic marriage law, but using social media causes divorce to be included in the act of nusyuz.