Salam,
There
is a blasphemous religious ruling in Islam that is taught and upheld by
prominent Islamic scholars that reveals the approval of incest within its
theology. In accordance with this teaching a man is permitted to marry his own
biological daughter and consummate the marriage with her if she was conceived
illegitimately. In other words, a man is permitted to marry his own biological
daughter if she is born to him out of wedlock.
The
foundation for this blasphemy is laid in the misrepresentation of the following
verse:
It
is He Who has created man from water: then has He established relationships of
lineage and marriage: for thy Lord has power over all things. (Quran 25:54)
Al-Qurtubi
in his Commentary (Tafsir) on Surah 25:54, he quotes Ibn Al-Arabi (1165 C.E.–1240
C.E.), the most influential author of Islamic history. He is also known to his
supporters as al-Shaykh al-Akbar (The Greatest Master). Al-Qurtubi wrote:----------
“Lineage
and relationship through marriage are two terms that describe the personal
relationships that may exist between humans.” Ibn Al-Arabi said, “Lineage is an
expression referring to the mixture of fluids between a male and a female from
a religious legal point of view. However, if this union (between male and
female) occurs through disobedience (fornication) then the resulting child is
not considered a part of a person’s true lineage. That is why a daughter born
from adultery is not mentioned in Allah’s saying, ‘Prohibited to you (for
marriage) are: your mothers and daughters’ (Quran 4:23) because she is not
considered a daughter according to the most authentic teaching of Sunni scholars.
According to their interpretation if there is no legal lineage then there is no
legal relationship; for adultery does not prohibit (from marriage) the daughter
of the mother (you committed adultery with) nor the mother of a woman (you
committed adultery with). What is lawfully prohibited is not also prohibited
due to sin, for Allah has bestowed lineage and relation through marriage upon
His servants and greatly esteemed these relationships. Allah has also
established laws identifying what is legal and what is prohibited, which are
not equal to each other; therefore falsehood cannot be a part of these laws.”
(Tafseer Qurtubi, Qur'an 25 verse 54; Translated from Al-Azhar’s official
website).
According
to this opinion, a daughter born out of wedlock is not considered as the
daughter of the man. Consequently, it becomes permissible for him to marry her.
The above ruling clearly states that “the resulting child is not considered a
part of a person’s true lineage.” As a result, the daughter is regarded the same
as any other unrelated woman. As such, they claimed Islam does not prohibit the
marriage between the father and his own biological daughter who is born through
fornication or adultery.
And
the above ruling also adds that, if there is no legal lineage then there is no
legal relationship; for adultery does not prohibit from marriage the daughter
of the mother you committed adultery with.” And to drive home the point, the
ruling states, “What is lawfully prohibited is not also prohibited due to sin,
for Allah has bestowed lineage and relation through marriage.” In others words,
while the Quran prohibits marriages between a man and his daughter if she is
conceived in marriage, it does not prohibit marriages between a father and his
daughter if she is conceived out of wedlock.
How
does having a daughter from an adulterous relationship make her sexually
permissible for the father when she is in every sense his very own flesh and
blood? No matter how she is conceived, she still remains his biological child
and should be sexually off limits to him. This is a gross violation of the
divine standard of morality. Just think, will the true God Allah permit incest
intentionally?
According
to those scholars Quran 4:23 speaks about the various types of marriage relationships
that are forbidden in Islam. However, those scholars claimed that the list does
not include the incestuous marriage between a father and his illegitimate
daughter. Many of them acknowledge the permission of this incestuous marriage
in the Qur’an. Al-Qurtubi confirms this point in his Commentary on Qur'an 4:23:
“The scholars have differed on the issue of prohibition of sexual intercourse
with someone born out of adultery. The majority of knowledgeable scholars have
said that if a man commits adultery with a woman, that act does not prohibit
him from marrying her. Likewise, a man’s wife is not prohibited from him if he
commits adultery with her mother or her daughter. It is sufficient for him to
receive the punitive judgment (based on sharia), and then he may have
intercourse with his wife. If any man commits adultery with a woman then
desired to marry her mother or her daughter, they are not prohibited from him
because of this act.”
However
It was reported by Malik that adultery prohibits (a man’s relationship with
both) the mother and the daughter and this act (of adultery) has the same
prohibitions that a legal marriage has. However, the (only) correct portion of
Malik’s saying is that adultery produces no regulations. For Allah, exalted and
glorified, said in Surah 4:23, “Your wives’ mothers,” but did not say, “He who
committed adultery with his wives’ mothers, nor his daughter whom he conceived
through adultery.” This is the saying of Al-Shafi’i and Abu Thuri…” Abdul Malik
Ibn Al-Maj-shun said such a marriage (between a man and the daughter he
conceived through adultery) is permissible; which they claimed is the correct
understanding of Allah’s saying in Surah 25:54, “It is He Who has created man
from water: then has He established relationships of lineage and marriage,”
referring to an approved legal marriage. This is referred to the previous note
on “Tafsiral-Qurtubi, Translated from the official website of Saudi Arabia,
Ministry of Islamic Affairs).
The
above “Tafsir” clearly states that “a marriage between a man and the daughter
he conceived through adultery is permissible; by interpreting of Allah’s saying
in Quran 25:54.” The reason for such strong support by these scholars for a
practice that is morally and ethically wrong is primarily because of the Qur’an’s
insistence that lineage and relationship are only recognized through “legal
marriage.”
Note
again the commentary by al-Qurtubi on Surah 4:23: For Allah, exalted and
glorified, said in Quran 4:23, “Your wives’ mothers,” But did not say, “He who
committed adultery with his wives’ mothers, nor his daughter whom he conceived
through adultery.”
Thus,
it can be noted that in this instance, incest between a father and daughter is
sanctioned by them and this tarnished Islam for two reasons. They claimed firstly,
it is because Allah does not recognize the lineage of the daughter who is born
out of wedlock. Secondly, it is because Allah did not forbid this form of
incestuous marriage in the Qur’an. As a result, a man’s daughter becomes
permissible to him if he is not married to her mother at the time of her
conception. Another renowned scholar also confirms this judicial ruling in Islam.
Al-Fiqh Ala al Madahib al Arba’a by Sheikh Abdurehman Jazri, Volume 4, page 40:
“It is permissible for a man to marry his daughter who is born through
adultery.” “The one (girl) who is born through adultery does not become “mahram”
(to her father) as the Shafiee say, because she is not considered as daughter since
there is no inheritance between them.” In the legal terminology of Islamic
sharia, “mahram” is an unmarriageable kin with whom sexual intercourse would be
considered incestuous. However, since a daughter born from adultery is not a
daughter in Islam, she “does not become mahram (forbidden) to her father.” As
such, the father can marry her. Hence, the unacceptable practice of incest
becomes acceptable for them in this instance. The forbidden becomes permissible
The
great majority of Sunni scholars have enacted laws based on the Qur’an, which
they think allow a man to marry his very own daughter if she is born out of
wedlock – even when he is fully aware that she is his own flesh and blood. In
other words he can knowingly marry his daughter because to them Islam “does not
prohibit from marriage the daughter of the mother you committed adultery with.”
Thus it permits a man’s illegitimate daughter to become his legitimate wife.
Look
carefully at the wordings in this blasphemous ruling. It says, “It is
permissible for a man to marry his daughter who is born through adultery.” It
recognizes the fact that she is “his daughter” and yet permits the incestuous
marriage between a father and his daughter. Can any sane person accept this
insanity? Any human being with even a minuscule trace of decency will
understand that although adultery is wrong, it does not change the fact that
the child is still his biological daughter. If a man is not even supposed to
marry his step-daughter, how much so if she happens to be his very own flesh
and blood?
The
depth of this immoral law is immense. To say it is shocking is an
understatement.
Granted,
a man and a woman sinned by committing adultery. However, to make the daughter
of this union permissible for the father to marry is disgustingly sinful. This
act of sin permitted by those scholars goes against the very order of nature.
When those scholars say that the child “is not considered a daughter,” it is
punishing the child for the sins of the parents. The fact that most fathers
under such circumstances will not live by this ruling shows that even
adulterers have a better moral standard than those blasphemous scholars. One
might sin in a moment of weakness but their sins are deliberate and grossly wicked.
This proves their “fatwa” is satanic in nature not only by sanctioning incest
but by also punishing the innocent.
The
evidences in the Quran is clear against their “Fatwa” and “Tafsir” of those unscrupulous
scholars as Quran 4:23 forbids a person to marry his own daughter as stated:-“Prohibited
to you (For marriage) are:- Your mothers, daughters, sisters;……and more
important the verse says “born of your wives to whom ye have gone in,- no prohibition
if ye have not gone in;” Whether they are legally married or not the daughter
is still from both their semen.
And
it is also clearly stated in the Quran if the father is guilty of fornication
he is not only being forbidden to marry his out of wedlock daughter but also he
is forbidden to marry any other believing
woman. The Quran strictly limit his partner to be of the sinner adulteress like
him or a pagan woman. To the believers marrying such person is forbidden as
stated:----------
Let
no man guilty of adultery or fornication marry and but a woman similarly
guilty, or a pagan: nor let any but such a man or an Unbeliever marry such a
woman: to the Believers such a thing is forbidden.(Quran 24:3)
ASAR
