Original sentence: Talaq pronounced thrice simultaneously from Muhammad to the first two years of Umar's reign as caliph was only considered as a single divorce according to Sahih Muslim.The Supreme Court described it as "manifestly arbitrary" and said that it allows a man to "break down [a] marriage whimsically and capriciously".The practice of talaq-e-biddat is said to have been around since the period of Caliph Umar, more than 1400 years ago
Edited sentence: It is "manifestly arbitrary" and allows a man to "break down [a] marriage whimsically and capriciously”.Talaq pronounced thrice simultaneously from Muhammad to the first two years of Umar's reign as caliph, was only considered as a single divorce according to Sahih Muslim.The practice of ‘talaq-e-biddat’ is said to have been around since the period of Caliph Umar, more than 1400 years ago