The prohibition of breastfeeding is limited to the breastfed child and his descendants
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The prohibition of breastfeeding is limited to
the breastfed child and his descendants
Question: I have a sister who breastfed her firstborn son along with my firstborn son. Does this make the daughters born after this son forbidden to my sons who were born after my firstborn? Please inform us, may Allah reward you with all good.
Answer: Yes, your sister’s son who was breastfed by you becomes your son through breastfeeding, and your daughters are forbidden to him, because he has become their brother through breastfeeding. As for his brothers, it is permissible for them to marry your daughters. Likewise, the reverse applies: your sons are permitted to marry the sisters of the breastfed child, who are your sister’s sons, because they have no connection to this breastfeeding. The prohibition of breastfeeding is limited to the breastfed child and his descendants.
Question: I breastfed my husband’s brother for a period that may have reached two and a half months, along with my eldest son. I have many children, and my husband has many brothers as well. Do my children and their uncles become brothers? Also, my husband’s brothers have daughters; are they forbidden to my sons? Please note that the brother of my husband whom I breastfed and his older brothers are not from the same mother; each of them has a different mother.
Answer: As for your husband’s brother whom you breastfed, he becomes your son and a brother to all your children, both male and female, provided that the breastfeeding occurred within the first two years and amounted to five feedings or more. In that case, he becomes your son and a brother to all your children, whether they were born before him or after him. It is not permissible for his sons to marry the daughters of their paternal uncle, who is your husband, because he becomes their paternal uncle through breastfeeding.
As for his other brothers, they have no connection to this breastfeeding, and it is permissible for them to marry the daughters of their paternal uncle as they wish, because they have no connection to the breastfeeding that took place between you and one of them. This is specific to the breastfed child and his descendants, and Allah the Exalted knows best.
the breastfed child and his descendants
Question: I have a sister who breastfed her firstborn son along with my firstborn son. Does this make the daughters born after this son forbidden to my sons who were born after my firstborn? Please inform us, may Allah reward you with all good.
Answer: Yes, your sister’s son who was breastfed by you becomes your son through breastfeeding, and your daughters are forbidden to him, because he has become their brother through breastfeeding. As for his brothers, it is permissible for them to marry your daughters. Likewise, the reverse applies: your sons are permitted to marry the sisters of the breastfed child, who are your sister’s sons, because they have no connection to this breastfeeding. The prohibition of breastfeeding is limited to the breastfed child and his descendants.
Question: I breastfed my husband’s brother for a period that may have reached two and a half months, along with my eldest son. I have many children, and my husband has many brothers as well. Do my children and their uncles become brothers? Also, my husband’s brothers have daughters; are they forbidden to my sons? Please note that the brother of my husband whom I breastfed and his older brothers are not from the same mother; each of them has a different mother.
Answer: As for your husband’s brother whom you breastfed, he becomes your son and a brother to all your children, both male and female, provided that the breastfeeding occurred within the first two years and amounted to five feedings or more. In that case, he becomes your son and a brother to all your children, whether they were born before him or after him. It is not permissible for his sons to marry the daughters of their paternal uncle, who is your husband, because he becomes their paternal uncle through breastfeeding.
As for his other brothers, they have no connection to this breastfeeding, and it is permissible for them to marry the daughters of their paternal uncle as they wish, because they have no connection to the breastfeeding that took place between you and one of them. This is specific to the breastfed child and his descendants, and Allah the Exalted knows best.