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Is it unislamic to marry your choice girl who is older and your cousin?

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I am going to marry in one or two years. my fiance is two years older than me. we r in love and going to marry which our parents have aproved. is it unislamic to marry withyour choice girl and elder than you. also she is my cousin.

Answer

(Fatwa: 543/543=M/1429)

It is lawful to marry a girl elder than you, as the Prophet (صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم) married Hazrat Khadeejah (رضی اللہ عنھا), but talking to your fianc?e unnecessarily, meeting and walking with her is un-Islamic and unlawful, so you should avoid it.

Allah (Subhana Wa Ta’ala) knows Best

Darul Ifta,
Darul Uloom Deoband

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