More on Cousin Marriage
Posted on June 6, 2006 by Tariq Nelson
The Brothers down under at Austrolabe have some thoughts on the consanguineous marriage issue and the health concerns that are coming up amongst the Muslims in Australia. I previously wrote about it here.
They comment:
Indeed, we know that such marriages are permissable under the shariah because the Prophet (saw) himself married his cousin, Zainab bint Jahsh. We also know that first cousins are allowed to marry under Australian law. There is absolutely no argument about the the legitimacy or legality of such marriages
Red meat is also permissible, but is it good to eat it at every meal and nothing else but read meat? Plus, extreme tribalism often drives this as well.
Filed under: Muslim Isolation, Race
Salam alaikoum
It’s like you mentioned- it’s in the sunnah, it’s legal…it should be okay. In fact in my family we have two cousin marriages. In principle, I am ok with one of my kids marrying a cousin, as long as it was a love marriage thing, and as long as it the cousin isn’t one of the children of the two marriages where they “doubled-up”. I do want the family tree to fork and I refuse to be the only chlorine in the gene pool. But hey.