Egyptian Cleric Says Muslims May Marry Illegitimate Daughters
Mazen Al-Sersawi cites Muslim scholar Imam Al-Shafi’i that since daughters born out of wedlock are not attributed to the father, the father is allowed to marry her. This seems a little sick to me. Incest and pedophilia wrapped up in one perverted package. I wonder if the Muslim father would have an illegitimate daughter by his illegitimate daughter whether he could then marry his granddaughter. How about his great granddaughter?
He makes the claims in a video which has gone viral and he has been widely criticized for the comments.
In the video, Al-Sersawi said Imam Al-Shafi’i is known for saying men may marry their own daughters that are born out of wedlock
Al-Sersawi, who teaches at the prestigious Egypt’s Al-Azhar University, claims Al-Shafi’I says a girl born in an adulterous relationship is ‘not really his daughter’.
Because an illegitimate daughter does not carry her father’s name, ‘she is not his daughter according to Sharia. She is not officially attributed to him’.
The video was made in 2012 but has recently resurfaced online.
Many have expressed their revulsion about his claims with one man tweeting ‘what is this madness?’ and a woman simply saying ‘ewww’.
Earlier this year, another Egyptia cleric Muftah Mohammad Maarouf, said in televised debate the age for marrying should be low enough for new-born babies to be married off.
He said long as ‘no harm’ is done to the child, there is no problem ‘preventing her from getting married’ adding ‘in Islamic Sharia there is no set age for marriage when it comes to females’.
