By IANS,
Hyderabad : Sania Mirza will tie the knot with Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik here Friday with the ‘nikahnama’, or the marriage document, clearly stating that the Indian tennis star would be his second wife.
Sources in ‘Qazat’, or a section of Wakf Board, which deals with Muslim marriages, told IANS that the nikahnama will clearly mention this to be Shoaib’s second marriage.
Azmatullah Jafari, one of the qazis of the area in which Sania’s house is located, told reporters Friday that the nikah would be performed after the ‘maghrib’ prayers after sunset.
The qazi who solemnizes the nikah has to enter all the details in the nikahnama like if the bride groom is already married and if so whether his first wife is alive.
The nikah, to be held at Sania’s residence in Jubliee Hills, will be attended only by a few close relatives of both the bride and groom.
Sania’s parents, Shoaib’s mother and close relatives of the duo would be present.
It was only on Wednesday that Shoaib had divorced his first wife Ayesha Siddiqui, a resident of this city, following mediation by Sania’s family members and community elders. Ayesha had filed a police complaint of cheating against Shoaib.
The divorce came after consistent denial by the former Pakistani skipper that he did not marry Ayesha Siddiqui but another girl whose photographs she had sent her.
Ayesha claimed the marriage took place over phone in 2002 and even produced nikahnama to prove this. She had even claimed that they stayed as man and wife.
Ayesha also said she became pregnant and had a miscarriage.
The Qazat Wednesday issued ‘talaqnama’ or divorce certificate after Shoaib signed the papers and paid Rs.15,000 to Ayesha towards her maintenance for three months as per Islamic sharia.
It was only to save Sania from being called his second wife that Shoaib continued denying the marriage but crumbled when Ayesha produced “solid proof” and he faced arrest in the criminal case, sources said.
Ever since Sania’s marriage with Shoaib was announced March 29, her family had kept the date and venue of nikah secret. It has only distributed invitation cards for wedding reception to be held at Taj Krishna hotel here April 15.
Meanwhile, Sania’s relatives claimed that nikah would also be held April 15 a few hours before the reception.
Sources have not ruled out nikah being postponed to April 15 as Shoaib has not yet got back his passport which was seized by police after they questioned him Monday.
Qazis in Hyderabad do not perform marriages of foreigners without verifying passport and no objection certificates from their respective governments.
Though Ayesha has informed the police that she is withdrawing her complaint, police told Shoaib that he would get back his passport after completing the formalities in court.