The Conditions of Breastfeeding That Establish Prohibition and the Definition of a Suckling
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you. The listener 'Abd al-'Aziz says: He says to me, one of my friends said that his wife's mother breastfed a boy five times, but she does not know if he was satisfied or not, even though the feedings were from morning until 'Asr, and some of the feedings were close together, a quarter of an hour or less or more. So does he become her husband's brother through breastfeeding?
The Shaykh:
Breastfeeding from a mother must be before weaning. Before weaning. It must also be five satisfying feedings. Each one satisfying. If these conditions are met, then the prohibition is established. Yes. May Allah reward you.
The questioner:
Your Eminence the Shaykh, some listeners believe that five feedings means that each sitting for breastfeeding counts as one feeding. What is the correct definition of one of the five feedings?
The Shaykh:
A feeding is a suck. If the child sucks the breast and milk flows to him, that is one feeding. And if the child sucks the breast, leaves it, and returns to it, that is a second feeding. Yes.
May Allah reward you. The listener 'Abd al-'Aziz says: He says to me, one of my friends said that his wife's mother breastfed a boy five times, but she does not know if he was satisfied or not, even though the feedings were from morning until 'Asr, and some of the feedings were close together, a quarter of an hour or less or more. So does he become her husband's brother through breastfeeding?
The Shaykh:
Breastfeeding from a mother must be before weaning. Before weaning. It must also be five satisfying feedings. Each one satisfying. If these conditions are met, then the prohibition is established. Yes. May Allah reward you.
The questioner:
Your Eminence the Shaykh, some listeners believe that five feedings means that each sitting for breastfeeding counts as one feeding. What is the correct definition of one of the five feedings?
The Shaykh:
A feeding is a suck. If the child sucks the breast and milk flows to him, that is one feeding. And if the child sucks the breast, leaves it, and returns to it, that is a second feeding. Yes.
Source
قناة «إذاعة القرآن الكريم»، نور على الدرب مع معالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان ح7500 — youtube.com (14:12)
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