Sir , everyone knows that marriage with an own cousin sister or brother is allowed in Islam but you knowthe non muslims say that your cousin is just like your own sister so isn't your religion promotung incest?? Sir plz help me reply them , ASAP
As'salamu Alaikum brother Mobashir,
Welcome to the forum akhi. I ask Allah Almighty that you will find all of your answers here. Ameen.
Please read the following from the Holy Quran:
[004:023] Forbidden for you to marry are: your mothers, your daughters and your sisters, your father’s and your mother’s sisters, your brothers’ and sisters’ daughters, your foster mothers (that is, any women) who (may) have breast fed you, and the foster sisters who have shared the breast milk with you. (Also forbidden are) the mothers of your wives, and the stepdaughters under your care from your wives with whom you have had conjugal relations. But if you did not consummate the marriage (before you divorced her), then there is no sin (for you to marry her daughter). It is forbidden for you to marry the wives of your (biological) sons (that is, those who spring) from your loin. (It is forbidden) for you to gather two sisters in wedlock at the same time. But whatever has happened (in the past), has happened. Allah is the most Forgiving and the most Merciful. And due to genetic complications and problems, Prophet Muhammad commanded his followers to avoid marrying from immediate close relatives, such as cousins. I'll post the Hadith later, insha'Allah.
Take care,
Osama Abdallah
