There a certain companies and services charging divorced Muslim women thousands of pounds to take part in sham Islamic marriages. The controversial practice, known as halala, is believed by a small minority of Muslims to be the only way a divorced woman can get back with her husband after a triple talaq - an instant divorce where a man says 'talaq' three times to his wife. These marriages can leave women open to financial exploitation, blackmail and even sexual abuse.
One man, advertising halala services on Facebook, told an undercover BBC reporter posing as a divorced Muslim woman that she would need to pay £2,500 and have sex with him in order for the marriage to be "complete" - at which point he would divorce her.
The man also said he had several other men working with him, one who he claims initially refused to issue a woman a divorce after a halala service was complete.
There is nothing to suggest the man is doing anything illegal. The BBC contacted him after the meeting - he rejects any allegations against him, claiming he has never carried out or been involved in a halala marriage and that the Facebook account he created was for fun, as part of a social experiment.
In her desperation to be reunited with her husband, Farah began trying to find men who were willing to carry out a halala marriage.
"They went to the mosque, there was apparently a designated room where they did this stuff and the imam or whoever offers these services, slept with her and then allowed other men to sleep with her too."
But the Islamic Sharia Council in East London, which regularly advises women on issues around divorce, strongly condemns halala marriage.
This is a disgusting practice and I'm utterly horrified its being practised. What horrifies me more is the sheikhs that are a part of all this. They verify this temporary halala marriage which typically lasts for maximum up to 1 years. In most cases they know this is the halala marriage and is unlawful. But however they approve it for a small bit of £££. They are selling their deen for a worldly cause.