Hey Gita...I admire your defence of Asad and the situation but..
The marriage is invalid...simply because in Islam, any marriage done without intent, without witnesses...is invalid...and they have all acknowledged it too..even at SM..in front of the Qazi...but when Qazi talks about reputation and Haseena does her drama...they all realize that this mistake has caused a much bigger ruckus...
And if Ayaan thinks that this marriage is valid..it cheapens it all the more to ask your brother for his to be bride for a limited period of time...they all know the marriage is invalid but the world believes otherwise...and that is why they have to put up this drama...
And if Asad thought this marriage is valid, he would have never have said "Aapko hamari mohabbat par bharosa hai na?" That is character assassination right there..
As far as hesitancy to hug Humeira is concerned, well if I was in Ayaan's place and got married by accident..I would not even be able to laugh it off for a while like Zoya and Ayaan did...of course he was scared at what had happened...that does not make it valid...
Lastly...Gaffur will change the papers coz the original Nikahnama has Zoya's name wrong...if Haseena asks for the papers and they show the wrong one, which they know makes the Nikah invalid...Haseena gets another chance to say that Zoya is living in SM without any rights or relation...
So they..in full awareness will make the invalid Nikah...valid on paper
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