The Ruling on Breastfeeding and Its Effect on Prohibition of Marriage
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, this is a question about breastfeeding. She says: I am a woman who breastfed my brother's son. Does my husband become his father? Does my husband's mother become his grandmother? And do his sisters become his aunts?
The Shaykh:
Repeat the question.
The questioner:
She says: I am a woman who breastfed my brother's son. Does my husband become his father? Does my husband's mother become his grandmother? And do his sisters become his aunts?
The Shaykh:
If the conditions of breastfeeding are met, meaning it occurred within the first two years and consisted of five breastfeedings or more, then the child becomes your son through breastfeeding, and your husband becomes his father through breastfeeding. Your mahram relatives (relatives one may not marry) become his mahram relatives through breastfeeding, such as your brothers and sisters. Everyone who is a mahram to you is a mahram to the breastfed child. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) saidSahih Muslim 1445i, along with the saying of Allah the Exalted [An-Nisa 4:23], where He called them mothers, and [An-Nisa 4:23], where He called them sisters. Yes.
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, this is a question about breastfeeding. She says: I am a woman who breastfed my brother's son. Does my husband become his father? Does my husband's mother become his grandmother? And do his sisters become his aunts?
The Shaykh:
Repeat the question.
The questioner:
She says: I am a woman who breastfed my brother's son. Does my husband become his father? Does my husband's mother become his grandmother? And do his sisters become his aunts?
The Shaykh:
If the conditions of breastfeeding are met, meaning it occurred within the first two years and consisted of five breastfeedings or more, then the child becomes your son through breastfeeding, and your husband becomes his father through breastfeeding. Your mahram relatives (relatives one may not marry) become his mahram relatives through breastfeeding, such as your brothers and sisters. Everyone who is a mahram to you is a mahram to the breastfed child. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said
on account of fosterage as one is Mahram on account of consanguinity
يحرم من الرضاعة ما يحرم من النسبyour [milk] mothers who nursed you
وَأُمَّهَاتُكُمُ اللَّاتِي أَرْضَعْنَكُمْyour sisters through nursing
وَأَخَوَاتُكُم مِّنَ الرَّضَاعَةِ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، امرأة أرضعت ابن أخيها، هل يكون زوجها أبًا له؟ وهل أم زوجها تكون جدته وأخواته يكن عماته؟ — youtube.com
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