What is the ruling on breastfeeding that creates a prohibition, and what are its conditions?
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The questioner : I ask for clarification and explanation regarding the issue of breastfeeding: what is prohibited by it and what is not?
The Shaykh : The prohibited and the non-prohibited?
The questioner : The one in ihram.
The Shaykh : Yes, the breastfeeding that creates a prohibition is what reaches five breastfeedings, each breastfeeding being separate from the other. For example, if a child nurses at the beginning of the day, in the middle of the day, after the 'Asr prayer, after the Maghrib prayer, and after the 'Isha' prayer, he has completed five breastfeedings.
And less than five does not create a prohibition. The evidence for this is what Muslim narrated from 'A'ishah (may Allah be pleased with her), who said: "Among what was revealed wasSunan Abi Dawud 2062Sahih (Al-Albani) and the matter settled on that. So less than five does not create a prohibition. It is also necessary that these five occur during the period of breastfeeding.
As for after weaning or after the completion of two years, it has no effect. For this reason, breastfeeding an adult is not considered to create a prohibition, because the breastfeeding must be of a kind that the child can be nourished by.
So the conditions are two. Answer the first condition: The first condition for breastfeeding is that it be five breastfeedings or more. The second condition is that it be within the two years or before weaning, on which there is disagreement among scholars. But here is a question: if we breastfed this child with a cup.
Not from the woman's breast, but we poured the woman's milk into the cup and then gave it to the child.
Five cups: one in the morning, one at midday, one in the afternoon, one at sunset, and one at night.
Does the breastfeeding count or not? Yes, the breastfeeding counts. Now, if we gave an adult man five cups of a woman's milk, would he become her son, or
The Shaykh : The prohibited and the non-prohibited?
The questioner : The one in ihram.
The Shaykh : Yes, the breastfeeding that creates a prohibition is what reaches five breastfeedings, each breastfeeding being separate from the other. For example, if a child nurses at the beginning of the day, in the middle of the day, after the 'Asr prayer, after the Maghrib prayer, and after the 'Isha' prayer, he has completed five breastfeedings.
And less than five does not create a prohibition. The evidence for this is what Muslim narrated from 'A'ishah (may Allah be pleased with her), who said: "Among what was revealed was
In what was sent down in the Qu’ran ten suckling’s made marriage unlawful, but they were abrogated by five known ones
من القرآن عشر رضعات يحرمن ثم نسخن بخمس رضعات معلوماتAs for after weaning or after the completion of two years, it has no effect. For this reason, breastfeeding an adult is not considered to create a prohibition, because the breastfeeding must be of a kind that the child can be nourished by.
So the conditions are two. Answer the first condition: The first condition for breastfeeding is that it be five breastfeedings or more. The second condition is that it be within the two years or before weaning, on which there is disagreement among scholars. But here is a question: if we breastfed this child with a cup.
Not from the woman's breast, but we poured the woman's milk into the cup and then gave it to the child.
Five cups: one in the morning, one at midday, one in the afternoon, one at sunset, and one at night.
Does the breastfeeding count or not? Yes, the breastfeeding counts. Now, if we gave an adult man five cups of a woman's milk, would he become her son, or
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ابن العثيمين - لقاء مفتوح في جدة — archive.org (39:29)
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