What is the ruling on breastfeeding an adult in order to become a mahram (a relative one may not marry) to a woman?

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Question:
He says: What is the ruling on breastfeeding an adult in order to become a mahram (a relative one may not marry) to a woman?

Answer:
This has no basis, and it does not make him a mahram (a relative one may not marry) to the woman, because breastfeeding is only within the two-year period,

Mothers may breastfeed their children two complete years for whoever wishes to complete the nursing [period].

وَالْوَالِدَاتُ يُرْضِعْنَ أَوْلَادَهُنَّ حَوْلَيْنِ كَامِلَيْنِ لِمَنْ أَرَادَ أَن يُتِمَّ الرَّضَاعَةَ

[Al-Baqarah 2:233]

. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:

Breastfeeding is from the period of weaning; nothing is made forbidden by breastfeeding except what opens the intestines.

الرضاعة من المجاعة، لا يحرم من الرضاع إلا ما فتق الأمعاء

And it was before weaning.

وكان قبل الفطام

This is the time for breastfeeding. As for breastfeeding an adult, this is an anomalous opinion on which no practice is based. Yes, a hadith was reported from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) that he ordered Suhailah, the daughter of Suhayl ibn 'Amr, to breastfeed Salim, the freed slave of Abu Hudhayfah, because he used to enter their home and mix with them. This is a specific case; this is a specific case that is not applied outside its specific context and situation. This is by the consensus of the scholars of knowledge, except for those who deviated among them, so no practice is based on this.

Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم إرضاع الكبير من أجل أن يصبح محرماً للمرأة؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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