The number of breastfeedings that create a prohibition and their description
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good. From the Arab Republic of Egypt, a message was sent by a listener who used the letters T, R, and M as a code for his name. He says: My mother told me that she breastfed my maternal aunt’s daughter once on the day of her birth. Is it permissible for me to marry my maternal aunt’s daughter? We state in the marriage contract that it is according to the Sunnah of Allah and His Messenger, and according to the madhhab of Imam Abu Hanifah. May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh:
According to the Sunnah of Allah and His Messenger is a good thing. As for stipulating a specific madhhab, it is not prescribed to say “according to the madhhab of Abu Hanifah” or “according to the madhhab of so-and-so.” It is sufficient to say “according to the Sunnah of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him).” The madhhab of Abu Hanifah (may Allah have mercy on him) and the madhhabs of his brothers among the mujtahids, the four Imams and others, do not contradict the Book of Allah the Exalted and the Sunnah of His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). So if he says “according to the Sunnah of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger,” that is sufficient. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good, from the suburbs of Islam.
The Shaykh:
And yes. As for the breastfeeding he mentioned, if it is established that she breastfed her five known times within the two-year period, then she becomes forbidden to him, because she has become his sister through breastfeeding, since she was breastfed by his mother. This is based on the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him):Sunan Ibn Majah 1937Sahih (Darussalam) What is forbidden by birth is forbidden by breastfeeding; what is forbidden by breastfeeding is forbidden by birth. And this is in the saying of Allah the Exalted: [An-Nisa 4:23] When He, Glorified and Exalted is He, mentioned the prohibitions in marriage, He said: [An-Nisa 4:23] So if it is established that your mother breastfed her five times within the two-year period, she becomes your sister through breastfeeding and is forbidden to you. However, if this is not established, or if it is established that she breastfed her but the number of feedings is unknown, the precaution is also to leave her, to avoid doubt, based on the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him): Sunan an-Nasa'i 5711Sahih (Darussalam) The saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him): Whoever avoids Sahih Muslim 1599a the boundaries, then leaving her in this case is part of avoiding doubts. Yes.
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good. From the Arab Republic of Egypt, a message was sent by a listener who used the letters T, R, and M as a code for his name. He says: My mother told me that she breastfed my maternal aunt’s daughter once on the day of her birth. Is it permissible for me to marry my maternal aunt’s daughter? We state in the marriage contract that it is according to the Sunnah of Allah and His Messenger, and according to the madhhab of Imam Abu Hanifah. May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh:
According to the Sunnah of Allah and His Messenger is a good thing. As for stipulating a specific madhhab, it is not prescribed to say “according to the madhhab of Abu Hanifah” or “according to the madhhab of so-and-so.” It is sufficient to say “according to the Sunnah of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him).” The madhhab of Abu Hanifah (may Allah have mercy on him) and the madhhabs of his brothers among the mujtahids, the four Imams and others, do not contradict the Book of Allah the Exalted and the Sunnah of His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). So if he says “according to the Sunnah of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger,” that is sufficient. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good, from the suburbs of Islam.
The Shaykh:
And yes. As for the breastfeeding he mentioned, if it is established that she breastfed her five known times within the two-year period, then she becomes forbidden to him, because she has become his sister through breastfeeding, since she was breastfed by his mother. This is based on the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him):
Breast-feeding makes unlawful (for marriages) the same things that blood tie make unlawful.
يحرم من الرضاع ما يحرم من النسب،your [milk] mothers who nursed you, your sisters through nursing
وَأُمَّهَاتُكُمُ اللَّاتِي أَرْضَعْنَكُمْ وَأَخَوَاتُكُم مِّنَ الرَّضَاعَةِyour [milk] mothers who nursed you, your sisters through nursing
وَأُمَّهَاتُكُمُ اللَّاتِي أَرْضَعْنَكُمْ وَأَخَوَاتُكُم مِّنَ الرَّضَاعَةِLeave that which makes you doubt for that which does not make you doubt.
دَعْ مَا يَرِيبُكَ إِلَى مَا لاَ يَرِيبُكَdoubtful things indulges in fact in unlawful things, just as a shepherd who pastures his animals round
الشبهات فقد وقع في الحرام كالراعي يرعى حول
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 4315-- عدد الرضعات المحرمة وصفتها - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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