The General Ruling First-cousin marriage is completely fine and lawful according to the Qur’an and Sunna. There is scholarly consensus (ijma’) on its permissibility. In Sura Nisa’ (4:22-24), Allah Most High lists all the categories of women that one cannot marry, which does not mention first cousins, and then says,Continue Reading…
In the name of Allah, Most Compassionate, Most Merciful, The jurists (fuqaha) state that observing a waiting period (idda) is necessary for a woman in the event of her marriage being corrupt (fasid), but not necessary if the marriage was invalid (batil). Imam al-Haskafi (Allah have mercy on him) states:Continue Reading…
Allah Most High says, “Do not marry unbelieving women until they believe […] And do not marry (your women) to unbelievers until they believe.” [Quran 2:221] It is clear that Allah has not made it permissible for Muslims to marry non-Muslims, though there is an exception for Muslim men toContinue Reading…
