Lucknow: The All India Shia Personal Law Board (AISPLB) has formulated a new nikaahnama that makes sweeping changes in the existing marriage terms under Islamic laws. The new nikaahnama does away with triple talaq.
Talking to reporters on Saturday, Shia cleric Maulana Yasoob Abbas said, “The concept of triple talaq cannot be accepted any longer because it is being misinterpreted. There has to be a valid reason for divorce and both the parties should be ready for it”.
He said that there were many sects in the Muslim religion where even if the husband utters ‘talaq’ three lakh times, it will not be considered valid. He further said that the Muslim religion teaches that nothing can be without justice and reasoning. The Shia nikaahnama further gives the woman, the right to work after marriage and also bans dowry.
It may be recalled that the All India Muslim Personal law Board, in 2003, had prepared a similar nikaahnama which laid down guidelines and conditions on which a marriage can be annulled by the husband and the wife.
However, on September 2, the AIMPLB had told the Supreme Court, which is hearing a PIL by a Muslim woman against the practice of triple talaq, that the scrapping of instantaneous talaq will increase the possibility of husbands killing their estranged wives. In SC, it had also defended the practice of polygamy.
