Lucknow: Faced with alleged misuse of triple Talaq practice, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB), an apex body of Muslims in the country, is considering a model 'Nikahnama' containing guidelines for both men and women.

The model 'Nikahnama' would come up for discussion at the annual session of the AIMPLB slated to be held at Kozhikode in Kerala from December 26, board assistant general secretary and spokesman Abdul Rehman Qureshi told reporters after a meeting of the AIMPLB office bearers in Lucknow.

Besides the 'Nikahnama', right to inheritance for Muslim women in agricultural land of her father and a detailed programme to create awareness about Shariat (Islamic jurisprudence) would also be discussed at the annual session, Qureshi said.

Observing that there was no standard 'Nikahnama', which, at times, leads to controversies, he said the model 'Nikahnama' would contain a declaration to be signed by the bride and the groom and two witnesses in the presence of Qazi, the person who solemnises the marriage.

"It will be a kind of guidelines to be followed by both the husband and the wife," he said.

The 'Nikahnama,' if approved by the Board, would act as a standard 'Nikahnama' in the country, he said and expressed the hope that it might be accepted by different Muslim sects.

Asked whether Muslim women would also be given the right to divorce in the model 'Nikahanama', he said there was "no wisdom" in conferring this right on them as it is the husband who has to bear the financial burden in the event of a divorce.