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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is it possible for a child to have more than five breastfeeding mothers?

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The questioner : Shaykh, a gift, meaning, is it possible for a child, for example, to have more than a number of mothers, eight mothers or nine fathers, where there are, for example, five fathers or five fathers.

The Shaykh : Right? Yes, you, it is possible to have a mother. It is possible to have seven hundred mothers through breastfeeding. This child, for example, we go to a woman today who breastfeeds him five times, the next day to a second woman, the third day to a third woman, let us say for this whole year that every day he has a wet nurse who breastfeeds him five times, how many breastfeeding mothers does he have? Three hundred and sixty. Is it possible? Hmm?
I ask, is it possible or not possible? It is possible, but in this case, it is obligatory that the woman, if she breastfeeds a child, should record it so that forgetfulness does not occur, because if forgetfulness occurs, a problem may arise. Indeed, I now mention three cases that occurred where a man was separated from his wife and his children because of this, meaning, after he married and children were born to him and they grew up, a woman who had been absent came, at first he did not know, and she testified that there was a forbidden breastfeeding relationship between them. What happens? He is separated from them because the marriage contract is not valid, and the children are legitimate, why? Why is there a doubt? Because this happened with a doubt.
Source قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 1933 - 4600 هل يمكن أن يكون للطفل أكثر من أم من الرضاعة وهل يفسخ العقد إذا شهدت امرأة...؟ ابن عثيمين — youtube.com

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