Not quite, marrying your cousins from either side (Maternal Or Paternal) does not carry any risks of there offsprings being unhealthy or born with diseases, as being an example.


My parents were both first cousins and yet myself and (my other siblings) are healthy allahamdullilah, my 2 youngest brothers have married our cousins and there off springs are healthy.


However there are some non muslims and muslims who believe otherwise.



Salams

Aslam

besides you must rely on your creator in every thing

because allah alone can help you and cure you and grant and give you success.

besides their is the Salat of "istikhara"

in wich you make du`aa to Allah to guide you to what is good to you in your life and in your faith. this du`aa you say after perfoming two rak`aas.

wa salam

nothing wrong with cousin marriages as long as it is not carried many times over. I think those who marry their cousin need to make sure that this hasnt been done many times over within their families and blood test.

I bump this thread because I was watching dispatches:

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/d...es/4od#3116215

Originally Posted by sweet106

nothing wrong with cousin marriages as long as it is not carried many times over. I think those who marry their cousin need to make sure that this hasnt been done many times over within their families and blood test.

I bump this thread because I was watching dispatches:

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/d...es/4od#3116215

Salaam

Most of the time the cultures that indulge in these types of marriages also have a history of doing them.

peace

As-Salāmu `Alaykum (السلام عليكم):

A British study in part:

"There has been a bit of a push of people saying that consanguineous marriage is dangerous and should be banned but before we start making decisions on that we need to look at the data," he says.
The genetic conditions more common in populations with high rates of consanguineous marriage are rare recessive disorders which cause a wide range of problems, such as blindness, deafness, skin diseases, and neurodegenerative conditions.

We all carry gene mutations and sometimes, such as in the case of cystic fibrosis, they are fairly common in the general population.

But when a population has a small gene pool the gene mutation can become more frequent.
If two people carrying a recessive gene reproduce, their children have a one in four chance of having the disorder and a one in two chance of becoming carriers themselves.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7404730.stm

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle7069255.ece
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A question? Is this more cultural than based upon Islam? This practice was practiced during the times of Nabi Muhammad (SAWS) but he also married within different cultures and religions. One of the Ummul-Muminin Zaynab bint Jahsh was his first cousin. The community was small, etc.