God didn't prohibit cousin marriage
Posted: Mon May 04, 2026 4:36 pm
Greetings.
Infidels = None Muslims
I recall back when doing Dawh (inviting people to convert to Islam) one of the idiotic claims is claiming muslims allow incest because God didn't prohibit cousin marriage.
So beside the "God should do whatever I say" argument, some tried to justified their claim by saying the outcome of cousin marriage is a unhealthy offspring, while the chance of having a unhealthy offspring by marring your first cousin is estimated to be "1.7–2.8% higher than the background population risk" [1]
So basically 97.2-98.3% chance of having a normal child, does this justifies prohibiting this with huge implications, as some nations and villages in isolated areas may not have access to much external men, or when cousin woman (divorced or dead husband) have to be taken care for.
But lets assume for the sake of argument this argument is valid, by extension God has to prohibit marring above a woman 40 years old for increased risk of down syndrom [2], also marring a woman with debities, obesity, high blood pressure, and basically every condition that increases risk of defected child.
Luckly, what's right isn't dictated by infidels:
And if the truth had been in accordance with their desires, verily, the heavens and the earth, and whosoever is therein would have been corrupted! Nay, We have brought them their reminder, but they turn away from their reminder.
[Quran 23:71]
1-https://www.nature.com/articles/gim2011137
2-https://www.health.state.mn.us/diseases ... drome.html
Infidels = None Muslims
I recall back when doing Dawh (inviting people to convert to Islam) one of the idiotic claims is claiming muslims allow incest because God didn't prohibit cousin marriage.
So beside the "God should do whatever I say" argument, some tried to justified their claim by saying the outcome of cousin marriage is a unhealthy offspring, while the chance of having a unhealthy offspring by marring your first cousin is estimated to be "1.7–2.8% higher than the background population risk" [1]
So basically 97.2-98.3% chance of having a normal child, does this justifies prohibiting this with huge implications, as some nations and villages in isolated areas may not have access to much external men, or when cousin woman (divorced or dead husband) have to be taken care for.
But lets assume for the sake of argument this argument is valid, by extension God has to prohibit marring above a woman 40 years old for increased risk of down syndrom [2], also marring a woman with debities, obesity, high blood pressure, and basically every condition that increases risk of defected child.
Luckly, what's right isn't dictated by infidels:
And if the truth had been in accordance with their desires, verily, the heavens and the earth, and whosoever is therein would have been corrupted! Nay, We have brought them their reminder, but they turn away from their reminder.
[Quran 23:71]
1-https://www.nature.com/articles/gim2011137
2-https://www.health.state.mn.us/diseases ... drome.html
