PERAN PENYULUH AGAMA KUA SIANTAR MARTOBA DALAM MENGATASI TREN “MARRIAGE IS SCARY” DI KALANGAN GENERASI MUDA

Abstract

The phenomenon of fear of marriage or marriage is scary, which is widespread among the younger generation,

has now raised significant legal and social issues, as it contradicts the objectives of Islamic law and Indonesian

positive law, which place marriage as a means of establishing a family and maintaining social order. From an

Islamic legal perspective, the extreme attitude of rejecting or postponing marriage resembles the concept of

tabattul, which is avoiding marriage without a sharia-compliant reason, which is considered inconsistent with

the maqasid al-shari'ah (objectives of Islamic law). From a positive legal perspective, this phenomenon also

undermines the implementation of Law Number 1 of 1974 concerning Marriage and the Compilation of Islamic

Law (KHI), which affirms that marriage is a legal bond to form a happy and eternal family based on the One

Almighty God. Departing from this issue, this study formulates the main problem regarding the role of Islamic

religious instructors at the Siantar Martoba Religious Affairs Office (KUA) in addressing the marriage is scary

trend through a legal approach and counseling based on Islamic values. The study uses a normative-empirical

method with a sociological legal approach and through interviews with three religious instructors and

questionnaires to the younger generation in the research area. The research results show that counselors play

an important role in educating the public about marriage law, providing a humanistic religious understanding,

and building awareness of Islamic family law that can reduce fear of marriage and re-establish a positive view of marriage.