New Delhi: In a major move, one of the most revered Sunni Muslim leaders in India, the spiritual head of Ajmer shrine, has announced he and his family were voluntarily giving up beef.

Hereditary Sajjadanashin (Spiritual Head) of Ajmer Dargah, Dewan Syed Zainul Abedin – the direct descendant in the 22nd generation of acclaimed Sufi mystic Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti has urged Muslim leaders to support a nationwide ban on cow slaughter and thus end the ‘root cause for hatred’ between the Hindus and the Muslims.

Not just this, he has also called for an end to the practice of Triple Talaq, which he said was a violation of Islamic jurisprudence.

Addressing a congregation of other spiritual heads, Sufi saints and religious heads to mark the 805th annual Urs of Khwaja Chisti, Abedin said that if Muslims consuming beef hurts the sentiments of Hindu brothers and sisters then it is the duty of the Muslims to stop eating the meat of any bovine species.

“Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti strove for communal harmony in the country and we must respect that,” he said adding that Shariat does not mention the practice of Triple Talaq.

“When Muslims divorce their spouses by this method, then there is a strict disobedience of the Islamic law. When there is a Muslim marriage, the terms and conditions must be explicitly mentioned in the contract of marriage. I also wonder that when in a marriage, there is consent of both the parties then even divorce must have mutual consent. When families are present for marriages, then why are divorces given in seclusion?” news18 quotes the head of Ajmer Dargah.