Tue Mar 28, 4:06 PM ET NEW DELHI
Village elders ordered a Muslim man in eastern India to leave his wife after he accidentally divorced herin his sleep, a news report said Tuesday. Aftab Ansari uttered the Urdu word for divorce, "talaq,"three times in his sleep, prompting his worried wife todiscuss the matter with her friends, according to the PressTrust of India news agency.Under Islamic law, a husband need only say "I divorce you"three times to secure a permanent end to his marriage.Muslim leaders in the couple's village in West Bengal statefound out and decreed that Ansari's unconscious utterancesconstituted a divorce, PTI reported.But 30-year-old Ansari said he had no intention of leavinghis wife of 11 years."I have not given talaq. When I uttered talaq three times Ihad taken medicines to help me sleep," he was quoted assaying in the report.The religious leaders said that before remarrying, thecouple would have to be apart for at least 100 days and thatthe wife, Sohela, would also have to spend a night withanother man and then be divorced by him.PTI reported that the couple has been ostracized because oftheir refusal to abide by the decision of the villageleaders.
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