Serious question. I know what the faith says, but I’d still be against it and think its probably not the best thing to do.
So how many of you have?
Eeeeeew!
After a closing statement like that I doubt people will be rushing forward to tell.
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well lbg i have friends in whose families they ONLY marry cousins and until recently more than half the marriages in my own family were like that whats so EWW abt it 
Re: How many of you married your cousins?
Do you feel the same regarding Prophets :saw: marriage to Zainab 
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My sis in law married with my chacho and they are
cousins.
I married with my sis in law bro and he is a cousin of my
dad and my chacho but i never knew him before.
I’m getting married to my phupo’s son 
Ohh nice Congrats Girl.
But i hope u dont call him bhai before?
I think if you're raised right along with your cousins, ur the same age, etc etc, then it's kinda difficult to see them as anything less than a brother. But if ur living here and he's in pak or more likely the other way around, then i think it's okay. My moms family wanted me to marry my cousin's (who's only 3 years younger than my mom) son...my mom rejected him, supposedly coz i said our kids woudl be too dark ( I NEVER SAID THAT!)..but i went back to pak after four years and i was like "did i really reject him?"..but now, he's engaged to his cousin, so oh well...
they're all too young for me, at least i hope so. i personally dont like the idea anymore, wouldn't even go for a second cousin.
outside the family is best.
I read it doubles the chances of having defects in kids, % rises to like 6 %. Still rises…
Eeeeeeeew! is my fave response to this.
Re: Re: How many of you married your cousins?
I dont get it.
Whatever my views (I dont know the particulars of this case), I’ll hold my tongue on this matter out of respect.
legbreakgoogly --- Its no guarantee that cousins will have defective babies.And you can marry somebody from China, and you could still end up with defective kids.Only Allah knows whats in store for the future.
Yes, but the closeness of the genes does increase the chances. :(
I just dont agree with the practice. I mean I respect everyone's wishes and if they want to-fair go-but eeeeeeew.
Look buddy, the chances of defects are also higher if you end up marrying a stranger.You never know what might be in his genes.:o
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I dont get it.
Whatever my views (I dont know the particulars of this case), I'll hold my tongue on this matter out of respect. :)
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Let me explain then, they were first cousins. Simple.
So do you still think that was 'Eeeeeew' aswell?
I will not make any comment on that particular case out of respect.
That question is so wrong. :nono:
Trends are changing.... more and more people are now opt for not marrying among close relatives.
The medical risks increase if families practice this for many generation and when they never marry outside the family.
Islam encourages both kind of marraiges. i.e in family and outside family. problem arises only when you stick to only one option, and discard other
Everyone has their own belief. Muslims do it cuz its allowed in our religion. Parents do it, cuz they want ghar ki larki (bahar ki a kar pata nahi kia karay gee). Guy want it, cuz prolly after fudging around they can't find anyone else but their nice pure virgin cousins. Girls do it, cuz khala, chacha, ya mamo, ka beta prolly seems rich and lives abroad.
Two of my siblings are married to their cousins, for whatever reasons. They seem happy. One of sister married outside the family, met her husband at work, they were both finishing up their residency at the hospital. I wouldn't ever want to get married to a cousin. It would bind me with my extended family forever, and I totally despise them. Then our sex life after marriage would be HELL, cuz I just can't imagine even kissing my own cousin. he has quarter percent of the same DNA as me, which makes him my brother actually. EWW thats gross. And money, love, good husband and whatever else people crave, one can def find if they looked outside the family. Does the world not have any men, or women left?
I never called him bhai, I was always shy 2 talk 2 him coz he has been liking me since I was a small kid and everyone knew of this thing and used to tease me alot