Is it advised against marrying relatives?
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Question:
May Allah reward you. This is 'Amid, and he says: I wanted to propose to my maternal uncle's daughter, who is a relative, but a classmate told me that the custom of marrying relatives leads to failure, illness, and severing family ties. Is this true?
Answer:
This is a lie, this is a lie, and it is not permissible. Marriage to relatives is like marriage to non-relatives; there is no harm in it, and praise be to Allah. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) married his close relatives, and he also married off his relatives; he married his daughter Fatimah to her cousin 'Ali ibn Abi Talib, and he married his other daughter to 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), and he married Hafsa bint 'Umar, and so on. All of this is from the sayings of the common people. As for the ruling of the Shari'ah, this is permissible. Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) says: "O Prophet, We have made lawful to you your wives[Al-Ahzab 33:50] [Al-Ahzab 33:50] so that there may be no difficulty for you." So Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) has permitted the Muslim to marry Muslim women, whether they are relatives or not. "We have made lawful to you your wives, and those whom your right hand possesses, and the daughters of your uncles, and the daughters of your aunts, and the daughters of your maternal uncles, and the daughters of your maternal aunts who emigrated with you." Allah has permitted all of this for His Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), who is the model for his Ummah. Yes.
May Allah reward you. This is 'Amid, and he says: I wanted to propose to my maternal uncle's daughter, who is a relative, but a classmate told me that the custom of marrying relatives leads to failure, illness, and severing family ties. Is this true?
Answer:
This is a lie, this is a lie, and it is not permissible. Marriage to relatives is like marriage to non-relatives; there is no harm in it, and praise be to Allah. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) married his close relatives, and he also married off his relatives; he married his daughter Fatimah to her cousin 'Ali ibn Abi Talib, and he married his other daughter to 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), and he married Hafsa bint 'Umar, and so on. All of this is from the sayings of the common people. As for the ruling of the Shari'ah, this is permissible. Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) says: "O Prophet, We have made lawful to you your wives
who emigrated with you and a believing woman if she gives herself to the Prophet
اللَّاتِي هَاجَرْنَ مَعَكَ وَامْرَأَةً مُّؤْمِنَةً إِن وَهَبَتْ نَفْسَهَا لِلنَّبِيِّif the Prophet wishes to marry her, [this is] only for you, excluding the [other] believers. We certainly know what We have made obligatory upon them concerning their wives and those their right hands possess, [but this is for you] in order that
إِنْ أَرَادَ النَّبِيُّ أَن يَسْتَنكِحَهَا خَالِصَةً لَّكَ مِن دُونِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ قَدْ عَلِمْنَا مَا فَرَضْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ فِي أَزْوَاجِهِمْ وَمَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُهُمْ لِكَيْلَا
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 2333 - هل ينصح بعدم الزواج من الأقارب؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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