May Allah curse the Muhallil (a man who marries an irrevocably divorced woman for the sole…

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Updated on 24 September 2026 at 12:34 AM

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Hadith text: May Allah curse the Muhallil (a man who marries an irre…

عن علي رضي الله عنه أن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: «لَعَنَ اللهُ المُحَلِّل، والمُحَلَّلَ له».

‘Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said: "May Allah curse the Muhallil and the Muhallal lahu."

Explanation of the hadith: May Allah curse the Muhallil (a man who marries an irre…

When a wife is divorced for the third time, she is no longer lawful for her husband until she is married to another man, who should consummate marriage with her. Therefore, some people resort to circumventing legal rulings. An ex-husband would arrange with another man to marry his irrevocably divorced woman through a sham marriage and then divorce her, not intending the Shariah-approved marriage thereby, but with the sole purpose of rendering the irrevocably divorced wife lawful to her ex-husband. Due to such circumvention of Islamic rulings, and for the meanness and the lack of a sense of honor involved in this behavior, the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) forbade this kind of marriage and invoked curse and expulsion of Allah's mercy on the Muhallil and the Muhallah lahu.

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