Marry cousins
Mu' meneen Brothers and Sisters,
As Salaam Aleikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh. (May Allah's
Peace, Mercy and Blessings be upon all of you)
One of our brothers/sisters has asked this question:
i want to know whether marrying in cousins is it harmful to their
kids. are there any hormonal problems or any other problems pls answer ASAP
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Answer:
Marry
cousins
In the
name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness.
Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray,
none can guide them aright. We bear witness that there is no one (no idol, no
person, no grave, no prophet, no imam,
no dai, nobody!) worthy of
worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad(saws) is His slave-servant
and the seal of His Messengers.
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 4 Surah Nisaa verses 22-23: And
do not marry at all those women whom your father had married, though what has happened in the past is
excepted. This is an indecent and abominable
thing and an evil practice.
Forbidden to you (for
marriage) are your mothers,
daughters, sisters, paternal aunts, maternal aunts, brother’s daughters, sister’s daughters, your foster mothers who have given suckle to
you, your foster sisters who have taken
suckle with you, the mothers of your
wives, the daughters of your wives whom
you have brought up, the daughters of
your wives with whom you have conjugal relations, and it is not sinful for you to marry their
daughters (after having divorced them).
Also forbidden to you are the wives of your sons who are from your
loins, and it is unlawful for you to
keep two real sisters as wives at one and the same time, though what has happened in the past is
excepted, for Allah is indeed Forgiving, Merciful.
In
Shariah, cousins or offsprings of
cousins are not mehrams, and therefore
it is perfectly legal for them to be married.
Whether
or not the children of married cousins have hormonal problems or not is
something that should be based on the opinion of the medical doctors pertaining
to individual cases, depending on the existing genetic issues associated with
the hereditary diseases (if any) of the married couple.
Whatever
written of Truth and benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance,
and whatever of error is of me. Allah
Alone Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.
Your Brother in Islam,
Burhan