The ruling on marrying a woman whose breastfeeding is in doubt regarding five feedings
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, my mother nursed my maternal uncle’s daughter one day, but she does not know the number of feedings. This girl, who was nursed along with my brother, was killed, but she has another sister. My brother wants to marry this other sister. Is that permissible? Please issue a ruling. May Allah benefit you.
Answer:
If she was nursed by your mother, then no, do not marry her, do not marry her. If she was fully breastfed, five feedings, it is forbidden in all cases. And if it is not known how many times she was nursed—five, or less, or more—this is a doubtful matter. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sunan an-Nasa'i 5711Sahih (Darussalam), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Bulugh al-Maram 16:32, so keep away from her, and there are many women, praise be to Allah.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, my mother nursed my maternal uncle’s daughter one day, but she does not know the number of feedings. This girl, who was nursed along with my brother, was killed, but she has another sister. My brother wants to marry this other sister. Is that permissible? Please issue a ruling. May Allah benefit you.
Answer:
If she was nursed by your mother, then no, do not marry her, do not marry her. If she was fully breastfed, five feedings, it is forbidden in all cases. And if it is not known how many times she was nursed—five, or less, or more—this is a doubtful matter. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Leave that which makes you doubt for that which does not make you doubt.
دع ما يريبك إلى ما لا يريبكSo he, who saves himself from these doubtful things, saves his religion and his honor (i.e. keeps them blameless). And he who indulges in these doubtful things is like a shepherd who pastures (his animals) near the Hima (private pasture) of someone else and at any moment he is liable to get in it.
من اتقى الشبهات فقد استبرأ لدينه وعرضه، ومن وقع في الشبهات وقع في الحرام
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-02-مفتاح السعادة في الدنيا والآخرة|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (54:16)
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