The Forbidden Breastfeeding, the Number of Suckles, and the Condition of the Two-Year Period
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The questioner:
This questioner says: My cousin and I are children of our respective uncles. We both nursed from our grandmothers—my mother’s mother and her mother’s mother—only twice. Is she or her sisters permissible for me to marry?
The Shaykh:
If she sucked the milk from her breast five times, five suckles, even in one sitting, then you have become her brother through breastfeeding, so she is not permissible for you. The intended meaning of the five suckles is the five actual suckles, as in the hadithSunan Abi Dawud 2063Sahih (Al-Albani), not the mere wetting of the mouth, nor the wetting of the mouth—these are two dialectal terms. There is a hadith in the narration of Aisha, so what was revealed regarding Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) was , and the matter stands as such. Therefore, the hadith Sunan Abi Dawud 2063Sahih (Al-Albani) explains the five suckles, indicating that the intended meaning of the suckles is the actual suckles. If one sucks the breast and milk flows out, then leaves it, that is one suckle. If he returns to it a second time and sucks it and milk flows out, that is the second suckle, until he completes five. Yes.
The questioner:
And must they be consecutive, or within two years?
The Shaykh:
The breastfeeding must occur within the two-year period, based on the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)Sahih al-Bukhari 2647. Allah the Exalted said: [Al-Baqarah 2:233] So whatever occurs after the two years, after weaning, does not have any effect. If the child begins to eat food, sustains himself on food, and no longer needs milk, then any breastfeeding after that has no effect.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
This questioner says: My cousin and I are children of our respective uncles. We both nursed from our grandmothers—my mother’s mother and her mother’s mother—only twice. Is she or her sisters permissible for me to marry?
The Shaykh:
If she sucked the milk from her breast five times, five suckles, even in one sitting, then you have become her brother through breastfeeding, so she is not permissible for you. The intended meaning of the five suckles is the five actual suckles, as in the hadith
One or two sucks does not make marriage unlawful
لا تحرم المصة، ولا المصتانTen known sucklings establish kinship, then that was abrogated by five known sucklings that establish kinship. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) passed away
عشر رضعات معلومات يحرمن، ثم نسخ ذلك بخمس رضعات معلومات يحرمن، توفي رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلمOne or two sucks does not make marriage unlawful
لا تحرم المصة ولا المصتانThe questioner:
And must they be consecutive, or within two years?
The Shaykh:
The breastfeeding must occur within the two-year period, based on the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)
as fostership is only valid if it takes place in the suckling period (before two years of age).
إنما الرضاعة من المجاعةMothers may breastfeed their children two complete years
وَالْوَالِدَاتُ يُرْضِعْنَ أَوْلَادَهُنَّ حَوْلَيْنِ كَامِلَيْنِThe presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/197 — archive.org (3:42)
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