I have an older sister who is married and has children, and I have a married maternal uncle who has a daughter. I love this daughter and want to marry her, so I proposed to her on behalf of my uncle, and after...
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The questioner : He says: After I mentioned that I have an older sister who is married and has children, and I have a married maternal uncle who has a daughter. I love this daughter and want to marry her, so I proposed to her on behalf of my uncle. After a few months had passed since our engagement, my aforementioned sister remembered that she had breastfed her along with one of her children. Is it permissible for me to marry her or not? Please advise us, may Allah bless you and reward you with the best reward, for I am in a state of confusion. Know that my sister is from my mother, and her father is a second [husband]. Please advise us, thank you?
The Shaykh : If the conditions of breastfeeding by your sister for this girl are met, then you become her maternal uncle, and this girl is not permissible for you. The conditions of breastfeeding are that it must be five breastfeedings before weaning. If your sister breastfed this girl, meaning your maternal uncle's daughter, five times before she was weaned, she becomes her daughter and you become her maternal uncle, so she is not permissible for you. However, if the breastfeedings were less than five, then she is permissible for you, based on the hadith of Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) in "Sahih Muslim" where she said: "It was among what was revealed regarding breastfeeding that ten known breastfeedings made marriage forbidden, but this was abrogated by five known breastfeedings".
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And the matter was settled on this. Therefore, if your sister breastfed her only four times or less, then she does not become her daughter, and it is permissible for you to marry her.
The questioner : Yes, this message is from a person who neglects prayer in al-Dawadimi... He says: Peace be upon you and Allah's mercy and blessings. And after that, I am sending this message to your eminence from al... from a person sitting in a wheelchair, and in it I am asking your eminence to issue a fatwa on this question in a near time. And this is the question.
The Shaykh : If the conditions of breastfeeding by your sister for this girl are met, then you become her maternal uncle, and this girl is not permissible for you. The conditions of breastfeeding are that it must be five breastfeedings before weaning. If your sister breastfed this girl, meaning your maternal uncle's daughter, five times before she was weaned, she becomes her daughter and you become her maternal uncle, so she is not permissible for you. However, if the breastfeedings were less than five, then she is permissible for you, based on the hadith of Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) in "Sahih Muslim" where she said: "It was among what was revealed regarding breastfeeding that ten known breastfeedings made marriage forbidden, but this was abrogated by five known breastfeedings".
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And the matter was settled on this. Therefore, if your sister breastfed her only four times or less, then she does not become her daughter, and it is permissible for you to marry her.
The questioner : Yes, this message is from a person who neglects prayer in al-Dawadimi... He says: Peace be upon you and Allah's mercy and blessings. And after that, I am sending this message to your eminence from al... from a person sitting in a wheelchair, and in it I am asking your eminence to issue a fatwa on this question in a near time. And this is the question.