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My father said I’m better off with her than a spouse from outside the family

My parents emotionally forced me to get married to a cousin. I am now majorly regretting this Nikkah. Help!

What if our children will have genetic abnormalities?

I have lost interest in the man I’ve been engaged to for a long time, due to compatibility and concerns over the health of any children we may conceive.

I was forced to marry my cousin, who’s been absent since!

My husband has been away for as long as I’ve been married to him, and this marriage wasn’t even my idea. I feel stuck.

My mother says she’ll die if I’m keeping in touch with him

I lied to my mom and said my cousin and I aren’t keeping in touch.

My mom will not agree to our marriage

To change and manipulate my mind, my mom keeps crying. But when I ask her why she is crying, she says just so that I can leave my love and marry another man!

Arguing mother is near impossible to live with

My mother is making living with her an ordeal, when all I wanted to do was help

My mother is upset because I won’t marry my cousin

My mother tried to force me to marry an Afghan female cousin back home, but isn’t that against the teachings of Islam on more than one count?

My husband wants a divorce, I don’t

I recently went to Morocco to spend time with my husband and his family. when I came back to the UK, my husband told me that he’s not happy with our relationship and wants to divorce me. I was shocked.

Getting pressured to marry someone I hate, I want to die

I recently turned 18. I am being pressured to marry a first cousin who I hate because he bullied me all through my childhood. I want to die now because I feel like I would be eventually forced to say yes.

What should I do with this Nikah? So confused!

He is less educated and smokes, and we may not be able to understand each other.