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Hello .. as we all know that no sister n brother can married in any caste either hindu, chrsitian or muslim , I want to know that how we all born i denied that concept that Adam ( as ) give birth birth to boy n girl n then they married n after that life starts it is not possible that sister n bro can marry please let me know what is the process. And if child is born in hindu family why muslim said that the boy born in hindu family is kaffir , it was not in hand of that baby to decided where he wants to born either in hindu family or muslim family ???? why that baby is kafir .

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Marriage of Adam children and baby kaafir

In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that there is no one (no idol, no person,  no grave, no prophet,  no imam,  no dai,  nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.

Your Question: i denied that concept that Adam ( as ) give birth birth to boy n girl n then they married n after that life starts it is not possible that sister n bro can marry please let me know what is the process.

Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 4 Surah Nisaa verse 1:

1        O mankind!  Reverence your Guardian-Lord Who created you from a single person (Adam), created of like nature his mate (Hawwa), and from them twain scattered countless men and women; reverence Allah through Whom ye demand your mutual (rights) and (reverence) the wombs (that bore you): for Allah ever watches over you.

Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 39 Surah Zumar verse 6:

6        He created you (all) from a single person (Adam): then created of like nature his mate (Hawwa).

Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 49 Surah Hujuraat verse 13:

13      O mankind!  We created you from a single (pair) of a male and a female (Adam and Hawwa), and made you into nations and tribes that ye may know each other (not that ye may despise each other).  Verily the most honored of you in the sight of Allah is (he who is) the most righteous of you.  And Allah has full knowledge and is well acquainted (with all things).

It is absolutely evident from the above Verses of the Glorious Quran that all of mankind were created from one common set of parents, Hadrat Adam (a.s.) and his wife Hawwa. 

It has been recorded that Prophet Adam (a.s.) and Hawwa’s offsprings were all sets of twins… one boy and one girl in each set.   Some records from the Isralities book of history say that Prophet Adam and Hawwa had 40 sets of such twins, while some records say that they had 20 sets… Allah Alone knows best.

Indeed the Shariah or Law revealed upon all the Messengers, including the Last and Final Messenger, Prophet Mohamed (saws) it is impermissible for a brother and a sister of the same parents to marry.  But in the Shariah or Law that Allah Subhanah decreed on Adam (a.s.),  it was prohibited for the boy and the girl of the same set to marry each other;  but it was legal and permissible for the boy of one set of twins to marry a girl of another set,  and vice versa.  That is how the next generation of our our common parents Prophet Adam (a.s.) and Hawwa was conceived.

Your Question: And if child is born in hindu family why muslim said that the boy born in hindu family is kaffir , it was not in hand of that baby to decided where he wants to born either in hindu family or muslim family ???? why that baby is kafir .

Beloved Brother in Islam, one of the Noble Attributes and Names of our Lord Creator is that He is the All-Just, and in His Supreme Justice He has Decreed that every person will only be held accountable in the Just Court of Allah Subhanah for his beliefs and deeds only after he has reached the age of understanding, and is sane enough to make decisions for himself regarding his belief and deeds. 

A person does not have a choice where or to whom he is born; that Decision is made for him by his Lord Creator; thus a person will never be asked or questioned in the Just and Supreme Court of the Majestic Lord why he was born to a particular set of parents!

Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith 6.298         Narrated by Abu Huraira

Allah's Messenger (saws) said, "No child is born except on Al-Fitra (in the perfect nature of submission to his Creator and Islam ) and then his parents make him Jewish, Christian or Magian, (etc.).  Then he (saws) recited:  "The religion of pure Islamic Faith (Hanifa),(i.e. to worship none but Allah), The pure Allah's Islamic nature with which He (Allah) has created mankind.  Let There be no change in Allah's religion (i.e. to join none in Allah's worship). That is the straight religion; but most of men know not..."  (Al-Quran 30.30)

The Messenger of Allah (saws) said that every child that is born on this earth is born on the perfect ‘fitrah’ or the perfect nature, that is submission to the One Lord God Alone; thus in effect, every child is born in Islam, and it is only his parents and his surroundings which inspire him to accept the faith they follow.  Thus it would not be correct or permissible for any muslim to declare or claim that a baby who is born to disbelievers is born a ‘kaafir’! 

The child will not be responsible nor accountable for his beliefs and deeds until he reaches the age of understanding and puberty, whereby he uses his intelligence to analyze whether what he has been taught or brought up with makes sense or not; and is able to make a decision of what to believe and disbelieve of his own free will. 

Thus in effect, every child is born on perfect nature or ‘fitrah’, and it is incorrect and impermissible for anyone to claim that the child born is a ‘kaafir’ or a disbeliever. Only after the child reaches the age of understanding, and when invited chooses of his own choice and free will to disbelieve in the Message revealed upon the Last and Final Messenger of Allah, Mohamed ar-Rasool Allah (saws), can he be regarded as a ‘kaafir’ or a disbeliever.

Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone.  Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.

Your brother and well wisher in Islam,

Burhan