I have a brother through breastfeeding. Is it permissible for his brothers to marry my sisters, and are his sisters permissible for us?
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Question:
I have a cousin on my father’s side, and a brother through my mother. He has male and female siblings, and I also have male and female siblings. Is it permissible for his older and younger brothers to marry our sisters? And is it permissible for him to marry his older and younger sisters? As is well known, he becomes our brother through breastfeeding, and our sisters are not permissible for him. So, are his sisters permissible for us? Please guide us on this matter. May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
A brother through your mother. Yes, a brother through his mother. If he was breastfed by your mother, he becomes her son and your brother, and the brother of all her children, whether from your father or from others. If she has children from other than your father, everyone this woman gives birth to becomes a sibling to this one who was breastfed by her. It is not permissible for him to marry them, nor is it permissible for his children, or his children’s children, to marry the children of this woman or her children’s children, no matter how far down the line they go, nor her mahram relatives. Her uncles and aunts, all of them, are mahram. The mahram relatives of this woman become mahram relatives for this breastfed child.
As for you, it is permissible for you to marry the sisters of this breastfed child. Therefore, there is no prohibition for you through breastfeeding. It is permissible for you to marry his sisters. Likewise, it is permissible for his brothers to marry your sisters. Because breastfeeding does not extend to the siblings, but rather extends to the descendants of the breastfed child. Yes. May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you well.
I have a cousin on my father’s side, and a brother through my mother. He has male and female siblings, and I also have male and female siblings. Is it permissible for his older and younger brothers to marry our sisters? And is it permissible for him to marry his older and younger sisters? As is well known, he becomes our brother through breastfeeding, and our sisters are not permissible for him. So, are his sisters permissible for us? Please guide us on this matter. May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
A brother through your mother. Yes, a brother through his mother. If he was breastfed by your mother, he becomes her son and your brother, and the brother of all her children, whether from your father or from others. If she has children from other than your father, everyone this woman gives birth to becomes a sibling to this one who was breastfed by her. It is not permissible for him to marry them, nor is it permissible for his children, or his children’s children, to marry the children of this woman or her children’s children, no matter how far down the line they go, nor her mahram relatives. Her uncles and aunts, all of them, are mahram. The mahram relatives of this woman become mahram relatives for this breastfed child.
As for you, it is permissible for you to marry the sisters of this breastfed child. Therefore, there is no prohibition for you through breastfeeding. It is permissible for you to marry his sisters. Likewise, it is permissible for his brothers to marry your sisters. Because breastfeeding does not extend to the siblings, but rather extends to the descendants of the breastfed child. Yes. May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you well.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، لي أخ من الرضاعة فهل يجوز لإخوانه الزواج من شقيقاتي وهل شقيقاته يجزن لنا؟الشيخ صالح بن فوزان الفوزان — youtube.com
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