With the Modi cabinet finalising the draft of the law on triple talaq which contains a provision of up to three years in prison and fine for offenders, Muslim clerics are coming out openly against this law, claiming that it is an interference with the Islamic law.

Talking to India Today, Mufti Mohd Mudassir Khan Quadri, secretary Tanzeem Ulema-e Ahle Sunnat, Agra, said, "Muslims will not tolerate interference of the Modi government in the Islamic law. If Modi had to prepare a law to restrict triple talaq, he should have consulted Islamic clerics first ." He further said that even now it wasn't too late and Modi could still call a meeting with the clerics for their inputs on the law before placing it before the Parliament.

Qadri warned that if the government does not make an announcement in this regard soon, it will be treated as an anti-Muslim step of the government and be dealt with accordingly. He said that it is clear that Modi wants to polarize the majority of Hindus in his favor before the 2019 parliamentary elections by showing his anti-Muslim character through such laws.

Bhartiya Muslim Vikas Parishad chairman Sami Aghai welcomed the formation of a draft law on triple talaq and said that it would have been better if the Modi government had not been using the triple talaq issue as a political tool to advance its own electoral agenda. He said that so far, this law appears more like a hurried attempt to gain Hindu approval instead of a genuine vision towards improving the life of Muslim women. Aghai said that the government should have taken the advice of Muslim clerics before finalizing the draft of this law.

Social activist Mohd. Arif Advocate said that it appears that the Modi government is wooing Muslim women in the name of triple talaq law, for the 2019 parliamentary elections, because till now the Muslims have been maintaining a distance from the BJP. If the Congress had taken such a step, it would have been termed as appeasement.

Jaiyat-e-Ulema-Hind spokesman Sageer Ahmed said, "The BJP is in majority and can for any law. Whether the triple talaq law will bring any social change, it still hard to say. So far it only appears more like a political stunt."

However, the Shia community of Muslims holds a different view on this matter. Talking to India Today, senior advocate Ameer Ahmed said, " The Modi government is only following Supreme Court instructions. The Supreme Court had given the time of six months to the government and it has conformed to that timeline. What material has been included in the bill, will only be revealed when it is tabled before the parliament. Making any comments on it before it is placed in the parliament for debate, will be premature."