Breastfeeding and Its Effect on Marriage
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The questioner:
The sender says: My brother, O our Shaykh, was breastfed along with my wife’s older sister and her brother.
The Shaykh:
She breastfed.
The questioner:
My brother was breastfed.
The Shaykh:
Hello. Hello.
The questioner:
He was breastfed with his brother.
The Shaykh:
With my wife’s brother. Yes.
The questioner:
My wife’s older brother and her sister were breastfed by my mother. Is there any legal impediment to my marriage to my wife? My brother was breastfed with my wife’s older brother, and her sister was breastfed by my mother. Is there any legal impediment to my marriage to my wife?
The Shaykh:
No, there is nothing wrong with it. The fact that her sister was breastfed by your mother makes you all related by milk kinship, provided it was five breastfeedings or more within the first two years. It does not affect your marriage to your sister-in-law, because your wife was not breastfed by your mother, and you were not breastfed by her mother. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
The sender says: My brother, O our Shaykh, was breastfed along with my wife’s older sister and her brother.
The Shaykh:
She breastfed.
The questioner:
My brother was breastfed.
The Shaykh:
Hello. Hello.
The questioner:
He was breastfed with his brother.
The Shaykh:
With my wife’s brother. Yes.
The questioner:
My wife’s older brother and her sister were breastfed by my mother. Is there any legal impediment to my marriage to my wife? My brother was breastfed with my wife’s older brother, and her sister was breastfed by my mother. Is there any legal impediment to my marriage to my wife?
The Shaykh:
No, there is nothing wrong with it. The fact that her sister was breastfed by your mother makes you all related by milk kinship, provided it was five breastfeedings or more within the first two years. It does not affect your marriage to your sister-in-law, because your wife was not breastfed by your mother, and you were not breastfed by her mother. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
فتاوى الحج 1410 هـ - 1 — archive.org (55:21)
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