hyderabad a research organisation has embarked on a survey of muslim marriages divorce including the now controversial oral triple talaq and family relationships the survey is being conducted by the centre for research and debates in development policy headed by abu saleh shariff member secretary with the important sachar committee report released in 2006 the report showed the socioeconomic conditions of muslims in the country speaking to toi the centres hyderabadbased research assistant syed khalid saifullah said there are a lot of questions and misconceptions being spread about muslims marriage divorce and marriage practices it was observed that there is no comprehensive study or survey to understand the trends and the actual reality with regards to the subject there are over 300 questions which are scenario and circumstance based the number of questions each respondent has to answer is based on the kind of responses he gives the survey includes several questions for men and women in connection with marriage practices and also its documentation such as nikahnama and whether respondents are amenable to having conditions in the nikahnamafor instance the questionnaire seeks to know whether respondents would opt for a model standardised nikahnama which prevents men from pronouncing oral instant triple talaq in one sitting and also if it forbids men from bigamy the questionnaire later asks whether respondents would use such a nikahnama for their daughters sons brothers and other relatives the survey also touches upon how married couples have tackled marital problems it also seeks to know whether arbitration if at all was done my family elders counsellors nongovernmental organisations qazis darul qaza or courts of law dealing further with the issue of talaq as well as oral instant triple talaq in one sitting respondents have been asked whether they did so under the influence of alcohol and whether maintenance is being paid to the former wife meanwhile majliseittehadul muslimeen president asaduddin owaisi issued appeal on his verified facebook page urging muslims to take the survey please participate in the survey crddpsurveyin he wrote the survey had clocked in around 11000 respondents till wednesday night