Hanafi jurisprudence sanctions triple talaq

HYDERABAD: The sticky subject of

instant triple talaq

finds its roots in Islamic jurisprudence. Because of the fact that vast majority of Indian Muslims are adherents of the Hanafi school of thought, that consider this practice of divorce as valid, the issue snowballed into a major controversy.

The Sunni sect comprises four schools of jurisprudence – Hanafi, Shafa’i, Maliki and Hambali – which are named after the scholars of Islam who propounded them. Salafism, which advocates the puritanical form of Islam, is considered the fifth school.

According scholars of Islam, a vast majority of Sunnis, estimated to be over 70 percent across India, follow the Hanafi school of thought.

But while the four schools consider the practice as valid, the Salafis on the other hand, prohibit it.

According to Salafi organisation

Jamiat-e-Ahle Hadees Hyderabad-Secunderabad

general secretary

Shafiq Alam Khan

, the adherents of the school of thought in the city number roughly 3 lakh.

“In the light of authentic hadith (tradition of

Prophet Muhammad

), Salafis consider any number of pronouncements of

talaq

in one sitting as only one. The position of Shaykh Ibn Taimiyyah on the subject is clear,” he said.

The organisation in the past expressed its support to the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) in the larger interest of protection of Muslim personal law.


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