Marriage is not made in heaven in Islam, it's a contract: Shabana Azmi

Actor has a lot to say about marriage in Islam

Veteran actor Shabana Azmi truly believes that in Islam, marriage is not made in heaven and is essentially a contract.

Last week, she welcomed the Supreme Court's ruling on triple talaq (divorce) providing that “the judgment is a victory for brave Muslim women in the country.”



On Tuesday, the Neerja actor shared an article on Madrassas in Uttar Pradesh to teach the 'correct ways of divorce’ and tweeted:

Marriage is not made in heaven in Islam it's a contract.We need a model nikahnama in which clauses of the contract are drawn up fairly. https://t.co/4x1ZfXywcG

— Azmi Shabana (@AzmiShabana) August 29, 2017

Predictably, many twitter users did not agree with her notion of marriage:

No wonder you went and took someone else's husband! Contract it seems! What kind of pre-medieval barbaric tribal culture does Islam promote!

— Poppyflower (@opiumdopeyumm) August 29, 2017

Is not marriage Love, Understanding, Care, Affection ....Feelings? How do you measure these?

— Subhas Lakhotia 🇮🇳🇮🇩 (@subhaslakhotia) August 29, 2017

You should be demanding equal status for women. Not some outdated nikhanama nonsense! Stop aping the Arab culture.

— Poppyflower (@opiumdopeyumm) August 29, 2017

Azmi, who is married to writer-lyricist Javed Akhtar, has always been vocal about many issues within society.

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She runs the NGO Mijwan Welfare Society which was founded by her father and poet Kaifi Azmi with the ambition of creating employment opportunities for women and reviving the art of chikankari embroidery.

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