The Ruling on the Breastfeeding of an Adult by a Non-Mahram Woman
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the ruling on an adult being breastfed by a non-mahram woman? And if an adult is breastfed, does it become...?
The Shaykh:
This is not correct. The published fatwa is not valid. Breastfeeding is for two years, and mothers should breastfeed their children for two full years for whoever wishes to complete the breastfeeding. The breastfeeding of an adult is only mentioned in the story of Salim, the freed slave of Abu Hudhayfah. This is a specific case, and they say it has no general application. It is a specific case with no general application, and it is not used as evidence for the breastfeeding of an adult.
Those who seek out these anomalous issues and spread them among the people are mistaken in this. Yes. Yes, every woman who breastfeeds a man, and that is it, he becomes a mahram to her, her son. And there is no side to it, never. Yes.
The presenter:
You, O Aishah.
The Shaykh:
And Allah the Exalted knows best, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon his family and his Companions.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the ruling on an adult being breastfed by a non-mahram woman? And if an adult is breastfed, does it become...?
The Shaykh:
This is not correct. The published fatwa is not valid. Breastfeeding is for two years, and mothers should breastfeed their children for two full years for whoever wishes to complete the breastfeeding. The breastfeeding of an adult is only mentioned in the story of Salim, the freed slave of Abu Hudhayfah. This is a specific case, and they say it has no general application. It is a specific case with no general application, and it is not used as evidence for the breastfeeding of an adult.
Those who seek out these anomalous issues and spread them among the people are mistaken in this. Yes. Yes, every woman who breastfeeds a man, and that is it, he becomes a mahram to her, her son. And there is no side to it, never. Yes.
The presenter:
You, O Aishah.
The Shaykh:
And Allah the Exalted knows best, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon his family and his Companions.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين [14] — alfawzan.live (1:14:47)
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