New Delhi: Former Chairman National Minority Commission and member of Law Commission of India Prof Taher Mahmood made it clear that though the bill passed against triple talaq in the parliament is flawed and illogical as per the law but the correct Islamic ways to give talaq will not be affected by the bill.
Speaking to UNI, Prof Mahmood who is the author of innumerable books on Islamic laws clarified that the definition given for the word ‘talaq’ in section 2(C) limits the entire bill to the talaq-e-biddat only. The other Sunnah ways of giving talaq like talaq-e-ahsan and Talaq-e-hasan don’t fall under any of the sections of the bill.
Prof Mahmood further said though he personally doesn’t support the bill, but now that it has become a law, instead of lamenting upon it Muslim men should at first avoid giving talaq. If the circumstances so demand, then they should use the Sunnah ways of giving talaq. In that situation triple talaq will not apply.
He also clarified that ‘khula’ (seeking divorce by wife) and ‘talaq-e-mubaraat’ (divorce by mutual consent of the couple) are also don’t fall within the ambit of the Triple talaq law.