A woman asks about a matter of breastfeeding: Is she required to observe modesty (hijab) from her brothers and maternal uncle through breastfeeding?
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Question:
May Allah reward you. In her final question, she says that her mother was breastfed by her maternal aunt’s daughter. However, her mother does not know now whether she drank from what she was breastfed or not, as she used to scratch her during breastfeeding and would not accept it. My mother says that I do not have to observe modesty from the brother of the woman who breastfed me, because he would be my maternal uncle through breastfeeding. Is what she is doing correct? That is, not observing modesty from him while there is doubt about whether the milk reached her stomach.
Answer:
If she was breastfed five times within the first two years, and by "suckling" we mean a single suck, meaning she sucks the breast, then leaves it, then sucks it again, and so on, until she completes five, then the prohibition is established. This is based on the saying of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him):Sunan Ibn Majah 1937Sahih (Darussalam) and in the hadith: and the matter stands on that. If there is any ambiguity in the matter of breastfeeding, or regarding its establishment or its type, the reference in this case is the judge. Yes.
May Allah reward you. In her final question, she says that her mother was breastfed by her maternal aunt’s daughter. However, her mother does not know now whether she drank from what she was breastfed or not, as she used to scratch her during breastfeeding and would not accept it. My mother says that I do not have to observe modesty from the brother of the woman who breastfed me, because he would be my maternal uncle through breastfeeding. Is what she is doing correct? That is, not observing modesty from him while there is doubt about whether the milk reached her stomach.
Answer:
If she was breastfed five times within the first two years, and by "suckling" we mean a single suck, meaning she sucks the breast, then leaves it, then sucks it again, and so on, until she completes five, then the prohibition is established. This is based on the saying of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him):
Breast-feeding makes unlawful (for marriages) the same things that
يحرم من الرضاع ما يحرم منAisha (may Allah be pleased with her) said: "What was revealed was that ten known breastfeedings establish prohibition, then that was abrogated by five known breastfeedings establishing prohibition, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) passed away [while it was still in effect]."
عائشة كان فيما أنزل عشر رضعات معلومات يحرمن، ثم نسخ ذلك بخمس رضعات معلومات يحرمن، وتوفي رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم،
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 5515- من شكت في أمر الرضاع ، هل تحتجب عن إخوتها وخالها من الرضاع ؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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