Man Accidentally Divorces His Wife In His Sleep

[matcom]

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NEW DELHI --Village elders ordered a Muslim man in eastern India to leave his wife after he accidentally divorced her in 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 to discuss the matter with her friends, according to the Press Trust 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 state found out and decreed that Ansari's unconscious utterances constituted a divorce, PTI reported.

But 30-year-old Ansari said he had no intention of leaving his wife of 11 years.

"I have not given talaq. When I uttered talaq three times I had taken medicines to help me sleep," he was quoted as saying in the report.

The religious leaders said that before remarrying, the couple would have to be apart for at least 100 days and that the wife, Sohela, would also have to spend a night with another man and then be divorced by him.

PTI reported that the couple has been ostracized because of their refusal to abide by the decision of the village leaders.

http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2006/03/28/man_accidentally_divorces_wife_in_sleep?mode=PF

[gollygee]

1. On one hand this is kind of funny

but reallly imagine how stressful it must be for them! To be accidentally divorced! And she has to "spend the night" with another man? Hmmm wonder whom the religious leader had in mind.

[no name no slogan]

2. I bet he was taking Ambien

I just know it

[Rabrrrrrr]

3. That's why I stopped going to MatcomRx

[matcom]

4. be careful

as i posted this on my anniversary :D

[Mrs.Matcom]

8. Are you trying to tell me

something??? hmmm Sparky?? Nine years of wedding bliss down the new Kohler toilet?? After putting up with your shit for 13 years and now this??? Nice! :mad:

























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[azmouse]

5. If she'd kept her mouth shut nobody would have known.

[billyskank]

10. That's a good point

She was the only person who knew about this - even he did not. So if she didn't want a divorce, all she had to do was keep it to herself.



On edit: unless she's a complete airhead, of course. :crazy:

[azmouse]

11. Uh huh... I think she wanted out

but it's really difficult (if not impossible) for a woman to get a divorce there. I'm surprised they even took her word for it that her husband said those words in his sleep.

[jpgray]

6. Just say "divorce" three times and it's done?

What do they call that--the "Beetlejuice Clause?"

:crazy:

[NewWaveChick1981]

7. OMG!!!

:rofl: That's hysterical!!!

I feel bad for the guy, but hey, the law's the law... :P

[Misunderestimator]

9. Here, I think it's "Candyman Candyman Candyman"

[DS1]

12. He could have said the equivalent of "I have no money" and achieved

the same result :hide: