The Number of Breastfeedings That Prohibit Marriage
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Question:
The questioner says: This is Umm Raham, and she asks the Shaykh about the number of breastfeedings that make marriage forbidden. Is one or two counted?
Answer:
The number of breastfeedings that make marriage forbidden is five sucks, as stated in the hadith:Sunan an-Nasa'i 3308Sahih (Darussalam) meaning one suck or two sucks. So the number of breastfeedings that make marriage forbidden is five sucks, as stated in the hadith: Mishkat al-Masabih 1057 and the matter stands as such. By breastfeedings, we mean five sucks, where each time the child sucks the milk and swallows it, and it reaches his stomach. So when the number of sucks reaches five, five sucks, then this is a forbidden breastfeeding. Yes.
The questioner says: This is Umm Raham, and she asks the Shaykh about the number of breastfeedings that make marriage forbidden. Is one or two counted?
Answer:
The number of breastfeedings that make marriage forbidden is five sucks, as stated in the hadith:
Suckling (Al-Imlajah) once or twice does not make (marriage) prohibited.
لا تحرم الإملاجة ولا الإملاجتان‘A’isha said she heard God’s Messenger say, “Prayer is not to be said when food is served, or when the calls of nature prevent it.” Muslim transmitted it.
عن عائشة رضي الله عنها أنها قالت أنزل فيما أنزل عشرten known breastfeedings make marriage forbidden, then that was abrogated by five known breastfeedings that make marriage forbidden. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) passed away and the matter stands as such.
رضعات معلومات يحرمن ثم نسخ ذلك بخمس رضعات معلومات يحرمن توفي رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم
Source
قناة «مكة و المدينة»، 22 / فتاوى على الهواء - 18 10 1438هـ _ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (4:11)
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