A fatwa of divorce is given most easily, sometimes on the flimsiest grounds and sometimes without any ground altogether. The richest of them all gets to perform Halala on the most beautiful woman that comes for this purpose.

According to reports, one mufti has even established a ‘Halala centre’ to cater to the needs of such bad-tempered husbands and the filthy rich with uncontrollable lust of keeping concubines for short periods of time.Īccording to the editor of, Mr Sultan Shahin, such ‘Halala services’ are also offered by the managing committee members of some mosques in Western countries (in Brussels, for example) where the managing committee consists of rich people who are ready to offer Halala services. Therefore, in many towns and cities, these muftis themselves have taken up the lofty task of serving the Muslim Ummah by offering the service of Halala by marrying such hapless women to make them lawful for their former husbands. In recent years, the practice of administering Halala has taken an ugly turn as corruption has crept in the clergy and in the society at large in the religious affairs that have become both means of earning money and getting the opportunity to legally keep a mistress for a short period of time without having to worry about any social and legal hassles. In most of the cases all the expenses of the marriage and the fee are paid by the former husband. He divorces her after consummating the marriage within a stipulated period of time making the woman lawful for her first husband.

In many towns, the Maulvis (priests) arrange for a man for the marriage of such a divorced woman by paying him a specific fee. If the man divorces her only then he can remarry her after she spends the three-month iddat period.Īnd this has become a widely accepted practice across Muslim societies. He explains to the young man that to remarry his wife, first he will have to allow her to get married to another man who will consummate the marriage as her lawful husband. If a man divorces his loving wife in a fit of rage someday and then after coming to his senses he realises his mistake and wants to take her back in his life, the mullah of his town tells him of the only option that is Halala that can make her ex-wife lawful for him. Halala: The Most Vile Custom among Muslims

Halala episode