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Fatwa #47927 August 2000Pakistan

Does Islam permit us to marry our first cousins?

Question

By first cousins I mean my mothers/fathers real sisters sons/daughters

Answer

It is permissible to marry one's first cousins.

and Allah Ta'ala Knows Best

Mufti Ebrahim Desai

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#27728My mother wants me to marry my first cousin, but I fear our children being born with mental disability.
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#47142Marrying two sisters at the same time

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