Prominent Islamic scholar and preacher Dr. Mizanur Rahman Azhari has described so-called 'Hilla marriages'—arranged solely to make a woman permissible again for her former husband—as a major sin and a misuse of Islamic law. In a post on his verified Facebook page on Thursday, he urged Muslims to avoid such practices. He also shared a hadith from Sunan Ibn Majah, which condemns both the man who performs such a marriage and the one for whom it is arranged.

Azhari emphasized that every provision of Sharia is divinely ordained to ensure justice and human welfare across all times and societies. He stated that manipulating or circumventing these divine laws cannot be the act of a practicing Muslim. He clarified that normal marriages are permissible, but prearranged or staged marriages intended to make a woman lawful again for her previous husband are strictly forbidden.

He further explained that if a woman, after a lawful divorce, remarries naturally and that marriage ends for genuine reasons, she may remarry her former husband after completing the required waiting period.