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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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If an elderly woman breastfeeds a child, does she become his mother?

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Question:
He says: An elderly woman breastfed a small child. Does she become his mother because she is over seventy years old?

Answer:
If she has milk and breastfeeds him, and he suckles from her milk, then he becomes her son, even if she is elderly. The criterion is the presence of the milk; as long as milk is present and he suckles from it, he becomes her son, even if she is elderly.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، إذا أرضعت المرأة العجوز طفلاً فهل تكون أمه؟ #فتاوى الفوزان — youtube.com

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