Sania Mirza: Shoaib Malik's Wife-2

DESARAJU SURYA
Hyderabad: It's official now: Indian tennis star Sania Mirza will only be the "second wife" of Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik. As per the Hanafi school of Islamic tradition, Sania becomes the second wife of Malik as he has divorced his “first wife” Ayesha Siddiqui. “Irrespective of whether they were married or not, Ayesha naturally became Malik’s first wife now that he had divorced her. This makes Sania Malik’s second wife as per Hanafi tradition,” Major G M Qadri, who was one of the mediators in the Ayesha-Malik divorce deal, pointed out. Both the Siddiquis and the Maliks follow the Hanafi tradition. Meanwhile, there is intense speculation that a “huge sum” was offered by Malik to Ayesha to end their marriage in a “cordial” manner. “The official (maintenance) amount is just Rs 15,000 but you should suffix many more zeros to it to count the actual ‘settlement’ sum,” a ‘family friend’ of Siddiquis claimed. Rumours that did the rounds at Congress leader Abid Rasool Khan’s residence, where the divorce was officially announced to media, indicated that Ayesha was offered a staggering Rs 15 crore to “settle” the case.