WHY PAKISTANI MARRYING WITH THEIR COUSINS..? or WHY ISLAM ALLOW TO MARRY WITH COUSINS.?
- Jul 09, 2024
Assalam Alaikum WR WB
Why are Pakistanis getting married to their cousins?
Most of our brothers and sisters are wondering about this one thing.
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WHY PAKISTANI MARRYING WITH THEIR COUSINS..?
وَ لَا تَنْكِحُوْا مَا نَكَحَ اٰبَآؤُكُمْ مِّنَ النِّسَآءِ اِلَّا مَا قَدْ سَلَفَ ؕ اِنَّهٗ كَانَ فَاحِشَةً وَّ مَقْتًا ؕ وَ سَآءَ سَبِیْلًا۠۲۲
حُرِّمَتْ عَلَیْكُمْ اُمَّهٰتُكُمْ وَ بَنٰتُكُمْ وَ اَخَوٰتُكُمْ وَ عَمّٰتُكُمْ وَ خٰلٰتُكُمْ وَ بَنٰتُ الْاَخِ وَ بَنٰتُ الْاُخْتِ وَ اُمَّهٰتُكُمُ الّٰتِیْۤ اَرْضَعْنَكُمْ وَ اَخَوٰتُكُمْ مِّنَ الرَّضَاعَةِ وَ اُمَّهٰتُ نِسَآىِٕكُمْ وَ رَبَآىِٕبُكُمُ الّٰتِیْ فِیْ حُجُوْرِكُمْ مِّنْ نِّسَآىِٕكُمُ الّٰتِیْ دَخَلْتُمْ بِهِنَّ ؗ فَاِنْ لَّمْ تَكُوْنُوْا دَخَلْتُمْ بِهِنَّ فَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَیْكُمْ ؗ وَ حَلَآىِٕلُ اَبْنَآىِٕكُمُ الَّذِیْنَ مِنْ اَصْلَابِكُمْ ۙ وَ اَنْ تَجْمَعُوْا بَیْنَ الْاُخْتَیْنِ اِلَّا مَا قَدْ سَلَفَ ؕ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ كَانَ غَفُوْرًا رَّحِیْمًاۙ۲۳
Translation:TARJAMA: Do not marry former wives of your fathers—except what was done previously. It was indeed a shameful, despicable, and evil practice.
Also forbidden to you for marriage are your mothers, your daughters, your sisters, your paternal and maternal aunts, your brother’s daughters, your sister’s daughters, your foster-mothers, your foster-sisters, your mothers-in-law, your stepdaughters under your guardianship if you have consummated the marriage with their mothers—but if you have not, then you can marry them—nor the wives of your own sons, nor two sisters together at the same time—except what was done previously. Surely Allah is All-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
In the above Surah Mubaraka, The categories of women one is forbidden to marry are clearly delineated in the AL-QURAN (see 4:22-24), and one’s cousin is not listed there.
As a legal ruling, however, marrying one’s cousin is completely lawful in Islam, based on the AL-QURAN, Noble SUNNA MUBARAKA, and scholarly consensus (IJMA).
And the PROPHET MUHAMMAD himself (PEACE AND BLESSING BE UPON HIM) married his first cousin, ZAYNAB bint Jahsh (ALLAH be pleased with her), as she was the daughter of the Prophet’s MUHAMMAD (PBUH) paternal aunt Umaymah.
Moreover, it is well-known that the PROPHET (PBUH) married off his daughter FATIMA to Sayyidina ALI who was the PROPHET’s cousin (ALLAH be pleased with them both).
Currently, some friends have also voiced their displeasure, arguing that since marriage to relatives causes numerous genetic issues according to modern science, why does Islam permit such marriages?
Actually, we do not understand, which is why we are wondering about this.
Now let us look at this issue from the scientific perspective:
Humans are complex organisms made up of trillions of cells, each with its own structure and function. Scientists have come a long way in estimating the number of cells in the average human body. Most recent estimates put the number of cells at around 30 trillion. Approximately 30,000 genes can be found in a single human cell. These genes are primarily inherited from parents, siblings, and cousins. However, Cousin notices that Gene's ratio is much lower than that of her own brother, Sister.
and if we keep getting married to the same people generation after generation, nothing will happen to the next generation (Babies), but the issue will become genetic.
After mentioning Ibn Salah’s verdict, Hafiz Iraqi does state that it was rather Sayyidina Umar who made such a statement, specifically in response to a certain family/tribe whose offspring were thin and weak. He said, “You all have become thin and weak, so marry outside the family.” [Iraqi, Takhrij Ahadith al-Ihya’]
Incidentally, this advice from Sayyidina Umar corresponds with current genetic research indicating that marriage to cousins in successive generations is associated with an increased likelihood of disability in offspring.
Of course, the permissibility does not necessarily mean that such marriages are encouraged in the Sacred Law, especially when repeated over generations. As mentioned above, there are often health concerns if first cousin marriages continue over several generations. A physician should be consulted in particular cases
Actually, the Question Should be. Why Islam Allow Marry with Cousins..?
What Pakistanis follow is Islam, not culture.
The Above SURAH MUBARAKA was not just for Pakistan but for all over humans and Muslims.
I would like to say that not only Pakistanis, but the Center of ISLAM, Saudi Arabia, are also marrying with their cousins, as are Turkey, Iran, Yemen, Iraq, Syria, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Afghanistan, because they follow Islam and what Islam teaches us.
If we look back at Indonesia's past, all of the older generations there were also marrying their cousins, and nothing happened. But things in Indonesia started to change a few years ago.
I would like to Say my Muslim Brother and Sister which things ALLAH, make HALAL for us how we can make that to be HARAM, which is is HALAL that should be HALAL which is HARAM that should be HARAM. which things ALLAH make for us HALAL if we make to be HARAM it's a big Sin.
Additionally, I would like to explain to my Muslim brothers and sisters why we adhere to them. The European culture, who do not know what it means to respect women, who do not know that parents should respect their elderly parents by throwing them in an old house, and now they are going to teach us? they will teach us.? who approve the marriage of girls to girls and men to men. We are going to follow them?
No, my Brother and Sisters no we no need to follow them but we have to Follow ALLAH and ISLAM and our every Question Answer have in our HOLY QURAN
Allah is supreme, and he is more knowledgeable than we are.
Thank you so much, Thanks a lot
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