The Ruling on Marriage to Relatives and the Advice of Doctors
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The questioner:
“Travel far and you will be lost.” Is this a hadith? And is there any guidance in the authentic Sunnah regarding marriage to relatives? “Travel far and you will not be lost, travel far and you will not be lost,” like that, you will not be lost.
The Shaykh:
[Marry] those who are not your relatives. Marry women who are not your relatives, so that you do not [cause harm], meaning that marriage to relatives does not cause weakness in the offspring. So that your marriage to close relatives does not cause weakness in the offspring. This is known among people, that marriage to close relatives causes weakness in the offspring, but this has no basis in the Shari'ah. In fact, the Shari'ah does not prevent marriage to righteous close relatives.
'Ali ibn Abi Talib married his cousin, Fatimah, the daughter of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). The Companions intermarried among themselves; relatives intermarried among themselves, and this did not cause weakness in their offspring, nor did it have any effect on the weakness of the offspring. Rather, this is from the talk of people or the talk of the common folk, and it is not a hadith from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).
The questioner:
The strange thing is that even the doctors focus on this topic, Shaykh Salih. What is your guidance for them? May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh:
He says this has no basis, and the doctors are imagining things. The doctors' talk has no basis. Yes. He errs and he hits the mark. Yes. Yes. May Allah reward you with good.
The questioner:
Do you advise them not to plant this in the minds of people?
The Shaykh:
Yes. If it were true that these benefits... [garbled]... There is no god but Allah. May Allah reward you with good.
“Travel far and you will be lost.” Is this a hadith? And is there any guidance in the authentic Sunnah regarding marriage to relatives? “Travel far and you will not be lost, travel far and you will not be lost,” like that, you will not be lost.
The Shaykh:
[Marry] those who are not your relatives. Marry women who are not your relatives, so that you do not [cause harm], meaning that marriage to relatives does not cause weakness in the offspring. So that your marriage to close relatives does not cause weakness in the offspring. This is known among people, that marriage to close relatives causes weakness in the offspring, but this has no basis in the Shari'ah. In fact, the Shari'ah does not prevent marriage to righteous close relatives.
'Ali ibn Abi Talib married his cousin, Fatimah, the daughter of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). The Companions intermarried among themselves; relatives intermarried among themselves, and this did not cause weakness in their offspring, nor did it have any effect on the weakness of the offspring. Rather, this is from the talk of people or the talk of the common folk, and it is not a hadith from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).
The questioner:
The strange thing is that even the doctors focus on this topic, Shaykh Salih. What is your guidance for them? May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh:
He says this has no basis, and the doctors are imagining things. The doctors' talk has no basis. Yes. He errs and he hits the mark. Yes. Yes. May Allah reward you with good.
The questioner:
Do you advise them not to plant this in the minds of people?
The Shaykh:
Yes. If it were true that these benefits... [garbled]... There is no god but Allah. May Allah reward you with good.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 01/085 — archive.org (10:08)
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