Editing Incest (section)

===Islam===
{{main|Mahram}}
The [[Quran]] gives specific rules regarding incest, which prohibit a man from marrying or having sexual relationships with:

* his father's wife<ref>{{qref|4|22|c=y}}</ref> (his mother,<ref name="qref 4:23">{{qref|4|23|c=y}}</ref> or stepmother,<ref name="qref 4:23" /> his mother-in-law, a woman from whom he has nursed, even the children of this woman);<ref name="qref 4:23" />
* either parent's sister (aunt);<ref name="qref 4:23" />
* his sister, his half-sister, a woman who has nursed from the same woman as him, and his sister-in-law (wife's sister) while still married. Half relations are as sacred as full relations;<ref name="qref 4:23" />
* his niece (child of sibling);<ref name="qref 4:23" />
* his daughter, his stepdaughter (if the marriage to her mother was [[consummation|consummated]]), his daughter-in-law.<ref name="qref 4:23" />

Cousin marriage finds support in Islamic scriptures and is [[Cousin marriage in the Middle East|widespread in the Middle East]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Inhorn |first1=Marcia C. |first2=Wendy |last2=Chavkin |first3=José-Alberto |last3=Navarro |date=2014 |title=Globalized Fatherhood |location=New York City |publisher=Berghahn Books |page=245 |isbn=9781782384380 }}</ref>

Although Islam allows cousin marriage, there are [[hadith]]s attributed to Muhammad calling for distance from the marriage of relatives. However, Muslim scholars generally consider these hadiths unreliable.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Shaykh Faraz A. Khan|title=Did the Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him) Discourage Marrying Cousins? – SeekersHub Answers|url=http://seekershub.org/ans-blog/2011/10/07/did-the-prophet-peace-be-upon-him-discourage-marrying-cousins/|website=SeekersHub Answers|access-date=12 August 2017|date=7 October 2011|archive-date=2 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502215209/http://seekershub.org/ans-blog/2011/10/07/did-the-prophet-peace-be-upon-him-discourage-marrying-cousins/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author1=Saleem Ahmed, Ph.D|title=Cousin Marriage Among Muslims|url=http://muslimcouncilofamerica.org/cousin-marriage-among-muslims/|website=Muslim Council of America Foundation|access-date=12 August 2017|archive-date=12 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812173119/http://muslimcouncilofamerica.org/cousin-marriage-among-muslims/|url-status=usurped}}</ref>