Can a man marry his aunty?
Question
My paternal grandmother and my aunties father are brother and sister, thus the woman mentioned in the above question becomes my fathers cousin and my aunty is marriage permissible with her?
Answer
It is permissible to marry ones father's cousin.
Was Salaam
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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