The Principles of Islam - PDF - Islam 114 Dawah Group

children to become good Muslim, capable ofenduring life's burdens.The family circle grows wider byblood relations and intermarriages. Inorder that the members of this circlemaintain cooperation and support amongthemselves, the Shari'qh has provided themwith wise rules, of which are:1- It is unlawful for the members ofthe same family to marry each other i.e.,the siblings, the mother and her son, thefather and his daughter, the step-father andthe step-daughter, the step-mother and herstep-son, and the brother and sister, and hermilk-brother, and the uncle and his niece.and the aunt and her nephew, and themother-in-law and her son-in-law, and thefather-in-law and his daughrer-in-law.Among the other pu rpose s ofillegalising such matrimonial relationsbetween siblings is helping the familymembers to retain pure, and naturalrelationship. Intermingling with each orher,66