Abstract
Marriage in Islam is the legal contract that has religious bindings and is highly revered and extolled in Islam. Great emphasis is laid for protection and maintenance of this contract and certain rights and duties become its integral part. A temporary marriage with the intention of divorce is called halalah which is condemned and highly abhorred in Islam. The prime objective of this research is to find out the real concept of halalah in Islam in the light of basic sources Qur’an and Sunnah. The present research also aims to draw attention of the masses to this subject and to evaluate misconceptions regarding moral and ethical bases of the distorted projection of Islamic injunctions on the issue of halalah. A descriptive study in this regard was conducted to analyze the differences and clarifying the concepts of masses by elaborating the Qur’anic verses, their elucidation in various tafasir, traditions of the Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W) and juristic opinions of major schools of thought in Islamic Law. The findings of the research brings forth logical arguments that support the theme of this research and a situation in the present Pakistani context is also briefly given to give the perspective of country laws prevalent in Pakistan. It was concluded that halalah marriages are distorting the moral and ethical basis of Islam and due to wrong concept of halalah people are making the mockery of Divine laws. The prevalent concept of halalah among masses is totally different from the Islamic concept given through Qur’anic injunctions. This can be rectified only by awareness and proper guidance to Islamic injunctions.