Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 39 Surah Zumur verses 53-54: (O Prophet) say: “O My servants who have wronged their own souls….
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But do some good act for your souls beforehand; and fear Allah and know that ye are to meet Him (in the Hereafter) and give (these) good tidings to those who believe.
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Cousins are first preference, because a marriage is not only between two souls, but between 2 families and the community at large.
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Your very soul gets tainted and the aqeeda is diluted. Our deen and belief is 'There is no god other than Allah" then from where did we invent and create this demigods. 3.
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