No toilet, no nikah. Maulvis and muftis in Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Punjab have decided not to solemnise marriage in a house where there is no toilet.
Mandatory condition
Maulana Mahmood A Madani, secretary general of Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind, said having a toilet has been made a mandatory condition for Muslim marriage in the three States and will be soon be applied in all other States in the country.
“Maulvis and muftis in Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and Haryana have decided that they will not solemnise the ‘nikah’ or Muslim marriage in a house where there are no toilets,” he said.
Madani, who is also a former Rajya Sabha MP, stated this during the inauguration of Assam Conference on Sanitation (ASCOSAN) 2017 conducted here in Khanapara last week. “I feel that all religious leaders from all the religion throughout the country should decide that they will not conduct any rituals in houses where there are no toilets,” he said.
Speaking at the conference, Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal also emphasised on the importance
Biggest conference
With the objective to showcase the commitment of the State and the people towards achieving the goal of Swachh Assam, ASCOSAN-2017, the biggest conference in the history of Assam, was organised in the city.
Mr. Sonowal is aiming to make the State the cleanest by October 2, 2017, two years prior to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of a ‘Clean India’ by October 2 2019.
