Can a brother marry his wife Islam?

Absolutely not. It is prohibited in the strictest terms. There is no dispensation in this under any circumstance. It is also prohibited to marry one's half-sister or half-brother (even if they were conceived out of wedlock).
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Are you allowed to marry your brother's wife in Islam?

Islamic law (sharia) clearly lays down rules for marriage, including who may marry whom, and although the Quran does not prohibit a man from marrying his brother's widow, it does insist that if it were to be done, it should be treated as a normal marriage with the wife's consent and a mahr.
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Do Muslims marry their siblings?

Seven relations are prohibited because of consanguinity, i.e. kinship or relationship by blood, viz. mothers, daughters, sisters, paternal aunts, maternal aunts, and nieces (whether sister's or brother's daughters). In this case, no distinction is made between full and half relations, both being equally prohibited.
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Can a man marry his brother's wife?

So when a woman became widowed one of her husbands brothers or other male family member married her as his own. It has always been legal to marry your brother's widow.
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Is it allowed to marry your sister in law in Islam?

According to the shariah, a man is not allowed to marry his wife's sister while the first wife is still in his marriage. However if he wishes to marry her sister he should either divorce his first wife or if she's no more. A man cannot be married to two sisters at once.
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Can I marry my aunt daughter in Islam?

As far as I know prophet Mohamed has mentioned that you can marry your maternal aunt's daughter but not paternal uncle's daughter. That means you can not marry your paternal uncle's daughter as your father and uncle carry the same male genes as yours.
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Can I marry my step daughter in Islam?

Can I marry my step daughter in Islam? It is absolutely forbidden in Islam to marry your own daughter or even a step daughter.
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Is it OK to marry your brother?

While cousin marriage is legal in most countries, and avunculate marriage is legal in several, sexual relations between siblings are considered incestuous almost universally. Sibling incest is legally prohibited in most countries worldwide. It was historically practiced in ancient Egypt and Inca tribes.
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Is it a sin to marry your brother?

However, the Bible prohibits relationships with any close blood relative (Leviticus 18:6).
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What is a brother's wife called?

sister-in-law

the wife of your brother. The husband of your sister is your brother-in-law.
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In which religion brother and sister can marry?

Parsis marriages between brother and sister |parsi customs and rituals|
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Why do Muslims marry their cousin?

Cousin marriage is definitely not a religious thing. It's not required of you in Islam, it's just left very open and very vague. Even for people in the Pakistani culture, it's very dependent on your family and how you're brought up.
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Which country allows siblings to marry?

In Egypt it is argued to be customary to marry brother and sister. Greek King Ptolemy II continued this custom and married his sister Arsinoe which violated his native Macedonian custom. This started a 'trend' as the next seven of the eleven Greek kings of Egypt married their sisters.
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What do you call brothers wife in Islam?

you can call her Bhabi Jaan or Bhabi Ji or just plain Bhabi....
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Can Muslims marry their own family?

“There is no objection whatsoever in the Islamic religion for a man to marry any of his relatives except those forbidden for marriage whom Allah mentioned in surat an-Nisaa' (4: 23) Thus, when Allah mentioned for us the relatives to whom marriage is forbidden, we then come to know that there is no objection for the ...
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Can I marry my uncle in Islam?

No, it is forbidden to marry uncles and aunts, nieces and nephews.
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Who slept with his sister in the Bible?

This has been Absalom's expressed intention ever since the day Amnon raped his sister Tamar. My lord the king should not be concerned about the report that all the king's sons are dead. Only Amnon is dead." Meanwhile, Absalom had fled.
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Can your brother marry you?

You also cannot marry anyone who is a close blood relative, such as a mother or father, a brother or sister, an uncle, aunt, niece or nephew.
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Is it a sin to marry your cousin in Islam?

In the holy book of Islam, the Quran, Sura An-Nisa (Q.4:22-5) gives a fairly detailed list of what sort of marriages are prohibited in Islam, (including "... your fathers' sisters, and your mothers' sisters, and brother's daughters, and sister's daughters, and your foster-mothers ...") but does not include first ...
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What is it called when your brother gets married?

A sibling-in-law is the spouse of one's sibling, or the sibling of one's spouse, or the person who is married to the sibling of one's spouse. More commonly, a sibling-in-law is referred to as a brother-in-law for a male sibling-in-law, and a sister-in-law for a female one.
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Can brother and sister have baby?

But there is definitely good biology behind the laws that prohibit brothers and sisters from having children. The risk for passing down a genetic disease is much higher for siblings than first cousins.
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Who married his own sister?

Who in history married their sister? The Greek god Zeus married his sister: the goddess Hera. So did the Egyptians' Osiris, marrying his sister Isis. The Inca god-king Manco Capac married his sister too.
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Is it OK to marry your niece in Islam?

You cannot marry your mother, grandmother, daughter, granddaughter, sister, niece, great-niece, aunts, or great-aunts. You also cannot marry someone who is also related to you through such relatives. For example, you cannot marry your great granddaughter.
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Is your half-brother your mahram?

Hence, it is clear that full siblings or half-siblings are mahram in marriage.
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What does Islam say about child brides?

Islam does not prohibit such marriage; nevertheless Islam protects children and women. Therefore the end result resting on marrying the child shall be of the best interest of the child.
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