Cousin marriages- yay or nay in this day and age.

[Le_Pakistan]

Re: Cousin marriages- yay or nay in this day and age.

@justbilli

Actually, I do. So do you. We all do. You decide for yourself, I decide for me. Eventually, things evolve when enough people start thinking a certain way, things change. That is how societal values are formed, and certain practices are frowned upon.

The Quran says a man may beat his wife gently. Do you think that is okay? Or do you think some people got together, over time, and decided that it wasn’t?

I’m not picking on you or your belief system. I am just not someone who takes scripture as literally. Works for me.

We can’t change what is allowed or prohibited by religion.

If I decide that something that is prohibited in Islam will be acceptable for me from now on (because I think its historically irrelevant), and I find enough noobs who share the same belief, and we manage to change things then that doesnt make it right.

And again, what does this example from the Quran has to do with cousin marriages?
As far as I know Prophet Muhammad (saw) himself taught men to be gentle, caring and not to be harsh towards their wives. Not some random people who are born hundred of years later but think they know it better.

Marrying your cousin is allowed. Simple. If you think it’s outdated or lame, then it doesn’t actually make it outdated and lame.