How are the breastfeeding sessions that create a prohibition counted, and what is the ruling if there is a disagreement regarding their number?
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The questioner : He finished five.
The Shaykh : The five? Yes, as long as this is one sitting and he is drinking, it is one breastfeeding session. If he is breastfed again, meaning after a time separate from the first breastfeeding session, it becomes a breastfeeding session. Yes.
The questioner : If two people disagree regarding the number of breastfeeding sessions, some affirm five, and some affirm three, for example. He says: If two people disagree in affirming the number of breastfeeding sessions, some affirm five, and some affirm three, and there are no circumstances to distinguish between their two statements, then the statement of the one who
The Shaykh : And what is the default? Knowledge. If the two testimonies contradict each other, they are both dropped, and we take the lesser amount, because they agreed on the three, and they differed on what was added, so the statement of one of them is dropped by the other, so we take the three.
The questioner : How do you utilize the walking?
The Shaykh : Yes, these five. Now we have five, but we are in doubt about them because they were contradicted by a testimony. If they had not been contradicted, because this testimony says, yes, we testify that he did not breastfeed five breastfeeding sessions. But if it said, we testify that he breastfed three, but we do not know about the five, then yes, this is if you know. But if one of the testimonies is stronger than the other, such as the ones who affirmed five being stronger and more probable, then we take the five in that case.
The Shaykh : The five? Yes, as long as this is one sitting and he is drinking, it is one breastfeeding session. If he is breastfed again, meaning after a time separate from the first breastfeeding session, it becomes a breastfeeding session. Yes.
The questioner : If two people disagree regarding the number of breastfeeding sessions, some affirm five, and some affirm three, for example. He says: If two people disagree in affirming the number of breastfeeding sessions, some affirm five, and some affirm three, and there are no circumstances to distinguish between their two statements, then the statement of the one who
The Shaykh : And what is the default? Knowledge. If the two testimonies contradict each other, they are both dropped, and we take the lesser amount, because they agreed on the three, and they differed on what was added, so the statement of one of them is dropped by the other, so we take the three.
The questioner : How do you utilize the walking?
The Shaykh : Yes, these five. Now we have five, but we are in doubt about them because they were contradicted by a testimony. If they had not been contradicted, because this testimony says, yes, we testify that he did not breastfeed five breastfeeding sessions. But if it said, we testify that he breastfed three, but we do not know about the five, then yes, this is if you know. But if one of the testimonies is stronger than the other, such as the ones who affirmed five being stronger and more probable, then we take the five in that case.
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قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 1920 - 4600 كيف تحسب الرضعات المحرمة وإذا وقع خلاف في عددهن؟ ابن عثيمين — youtube.com
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