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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The Number of Breastfeedings That Prohibit Marriage

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Question:
This questioner says: Shaykh, what is the number of breastfeedings that prohibit marriage, as mentioned in the Qur'an and the Sunnah?

Answer:
The number that prohibits marriage is five suckles, five suckles. For each suckle, the milk is swallowed from the breast or from a vessel. If the milk is sucked five times and goes into the stomach, then this establishes the prohibition of marriage. Yes.
Source نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/081 — archive.org (6:43)

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