Intermarrying among Adam and Eve's children

[Ummu Sufyaan]

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Intermarrying among Adam and Eve's children

I have no doubt whatsoever, but these kind a things come to mind. Whem Adam and Eve bore children, I assume their children got married among themselves. Isn’t marrying between brothers and sisters haram in the Quran?
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Thanks.

wa alaikum us-salaam wa-rahmat ullaahi wa-barakaatuh

All Praise be to Allaah.

As long as you are confident in your heart about your belief, no such insinuations will hurt you (inshaa' Allaah). If a doubt strikes a believer or something appears to him as a conflict between different textual sources of Shari'ah, he must believe that indeed for such doubts there are true answers and for such apparent conflicts there are solutions even if he doesn’t know it or is unable to find the right answer himself. However, a person should not collect all the doubts in his heart and worry about the complexities and leave aside the learning of useful knowledge. This is because it is incumbent upon a Muslim to learn and know things which have been clearly described (Muhkamaat) in Shari'ah so that he may be able to repel the doubts.

Regarding the question you have asked, it is a known fact that legislation differs from one Shari'ah to another, while the principles and beliefs remain the same in all of them. So, making of portraits was allowed in the Shari'ah of Sulayman (peace be upon him) but is prohibited in our Shari'ah. Similarly, making prostration of salutation was permitted in the Shari'ah of Yusuf (peace be upon him) but is illegal in ours. Also, war booty was prohibited for nations before us but it is completely legal for us. The Qiblah of people before us used to be towards Bayt Al-Maqdis, but for us it is towards Ka'bah. In a similar way, marriage between brothers and sisters was permitted in the Shari'ah of Adam (peace be upon him) as opposed to those that came afterwards. The following is a clarification on the issue by Haafidh Ibn Katheer, who said:

Allaah allowed Adam (peace be upon him) to marry his daughters to his sons for necessity. Every couple used to have a boy and a girl. Hence, he married the girl of one couple to the boy of another. This is said by Suddi regarding what has been narrated by Abu Maalik and Abu Salih, from Ibn ‘Abbas, by Murrah from Ibn Mas‘ood and by other companions of the Prophet (peace be upon him) that Adam did not have (in his grandchildren) a baby boy unless it was accompanied by a girl, so he married the male of a couple to the female of another, and the female of a couple to the male of another

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[Salahudeen]

jazakallah khair, some 1 told me Eve had two wombs but don't think that is accurate.

[marwen]

good clarification sister. Thank you for sharing !

[M.A.S.H.]

Also, it's reasonable to assume the first humans created by god were genetically healthy, carrying no mutant genes, so inbreeding wouldn't produce unhealthy offspring, which is the main reason why incest is a taboo in human societies.

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[cat eyes]

:sl:i thought that this scholar explained it much better in this vid for a layman to understand mashaAllah... its really a very long topic because every shariah was different. May Allah reward him. he explained it perfectly

http://www.biharanjuman.org/Video-Qa...ya-English.htm

enjoy
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[جوري]

even if eve had two wombs (not impossible) but in fact would make it difficult for her to conceive, she would still carry the same genetic material..

there is indeed no reason to believe that her children would have had any genetic anamolies given that it would be max one or two generations of consanguineous relations and the assortment is quite huge.. you have incestuous relations now (in Germany) bro. and sr. where I believe more than half their children are considered healthy at least from the report I have read.. and as sperm banks and single mothers are on the rise we are more than likely to see many incestuous relations in the future by multiple donors..

nonetheless, consider the alternative.. the godless way will have you believing you started back at a single celled organism by the time you get to two fully fledged human being you are facing the same odds!

my two cents

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[revert2007]

each pregnancy she had twins.the twins cannot marry each other.they married children from different pregnancy.

If Allah permits that time,who has the right to Judge Allah's order?

He The Exalted knows what we don't know.

Allah knows the best.

[Ummu Sufyaan]

:sl:

nonetheless, consider the alternative.. the godless way will have you believing you started back at a single celled organism by the time you get to two fully fledged human being you are facing the same odds!

spot on

[M.A.S.H.]

each pregnancy she had twins.the twins cannot marry each other.they married children from different pregnancy.

If Allah permits that time,who has the right to Judge Allah's order?

He The Exalted knows what we don't know.

Allah knows the best.

I believe this wouldn't make a difference as far as consanguinity is concerned.

[revert2007]

I believe this wouldn't make a difference as far as consanguinity is concerned.

where do u think u come from?where do u think ur parents and great great great great parents come from?are u smart enough to question Allah's CReation?

[Danah]

:sl:
sister, I am sure you will get some good tips from this:
http://www.islamic-life.com/forums/anti-islamic-refutations/refute-incest-humans-adam-sons-daughters-2653

[freethinking]

The Bible is very clear on this ;yes the first couples children and indeed Noahs children did marry each other.
It only beacke sinful after those generations top marry siblings

Peace