The Effect of Blood Type on Marriage
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Question:
Is there anything that prevents a man who has a positive blood type from marrying a woman who has a negative blood type, given that the doctor has confirmed to him that the fourth child will be born with a congenital defect? Does this oblige the man to leave his wife out of fear of a deformed pregnancy? Come, come. Is there anything that prevents a man who has a positive blood type from marrying a woman who has a negative blood type, given that the doctor has confirmed that the fourth child will be born with a congenital defect? Does this oblige the man to leave his wife out of fear of a deformed pregnancy?
Answer:
It is not befitting. The blood of the two. One should pay attention to these matters. It is not befitting to be tested by these matters, and it is not befitting for a believer to rely upon Allah and ask Him for well-being, and not to worry about these matters. Blood types do not affect marriage. If blood is taken from so-and-so or so-and-so, or if blood is taken from him, it does not prevent marriage. If his blood type or hers is needed in medicine, whether it is his wife, his aunt, or his sister, this thing does not affect it. It should not affect marriage, and it does not prevent marriage. It is not like breastfeeding. Breastfeeding is one thing, and these blood types are another. Even if the doctor says that something will happen with the fourth, fifth, or third child, one should not pay attention to this. Rather, he should ask Allah for well-being, marry the one he sees as suitable for him, and ask his Lord for well-being. It is not befitting for him to cling to these matters, for the unseen is known only to Allah, and doctors may cling to things like a spider’s web, thinking they are something when they are nothing.
Is there anything that prevents a man who has a positive blood type from marrying a woman who has a negative blood type, given that the doctor has confirmed to him that the fourth child will be born with a congenital defect? Does this oblige the man to leave his wife out of fear of a deformed pregnancy? Come, come. Is there anything that prevents a man who has a positive blood type from marrying a woman who has a negative blood type, given that the doctor has confirmed that the fourth child will be born with a congenital defect? Does this oblige the man to leave his wife out of fear of a deformed pregnancy?
Answer:
It is not befitting. The blood of the two. One should pay attention to these matters. It is not befitting to be tested by these matters, and it is not befitting for a believer to rely upon Allah and ask Him for well-being, and not to worry about these matters. Blood types do not affect marriage. If blood is taken from so-and-so or so-and-so, or if blood is taken from him, it does not prevent marriage. If his blood type or hers is needed in medicine, whether it is his wife, his aunt, or his sister, this thing does not affect it. It should not affect marriage, and it does not prevent marriage. It is not like breastfeeding. Breastfeeding is one thing, and these blood types are another. Even if the doctor says that something will happen with the fourth, fifth, or third child, one should not pay attention to this. Rather, he should ask Allah for well-being, marry the one he sees as suitable for him, and ask his Lord for well-being. It is not befitting for him to cling to these matters, for the unseen is known only to Allah, and doctors may cling to things like a spider’s web, thinking they are something when they are nothing.
Source
ندوات الجامع الكبير مع الأسئلة - 45 — archive.org (26:31)
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