Possible to marry your father`s or mother`s first cousin?
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islam,is it possible to marry your father`s or mother`s first cousin?
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Answer:
Marry parents cousin
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 none 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 verse 23:
23 Prohibited to you (for marriage) are: your mother, daughters,
sisters, father's sisters, mother's sisters, brother's daughters, sister's
daughters, foster-mothers (who gave you suck), foster-sisters, your wives'
mothers, your step-daughters under your guardianship born of your wives to whom
ye have gone in, no prohibition if ye have not gone in; (those who have been)
wives of your sons proceeding from your loins, and two sisters in wedlock at
one and the same time except for what is past; for Allah is Oft-Forgiving Most
Merciful.
Dear and Beloved sister in Islam, cousins (regardless of
they are maternal or paternal cousins) are not ‘mehrams’ or amongst those
relations whom the All-Knowing, All-Wise Lord has forbidden to be sought in
marriage; thus marrying one’s cousins, or even one’s parents cousins is
absolutely permissible in Islam, if one wishes to do so.
The biggest example of such a marriage in Islamic history
is the marriage of Hadrat Fatimah (r.a.) binte Mohamed (saws), the daughter of
the Noble Prophet (saws) who was married to the first cousin of her father:
Hadrat Ali ibn Abi Talib (r.a.).
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only
due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me
alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is
the Only Source of Strength.
Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan