He says: If a husband puts his wife’s breast in his mouth for the purpose of pleasure four times, does she become forbidden to him or not?
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The questioner : He says: If a husband puts his wife’s breast in his mouth for the purpose of pleasure four times, does she become forbidden to him or not?
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah. Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, has permitted a husband to take pleasure in his wife however he wishes, even in the manner of intercourse. For Allah the Exalted says:[Al-Baqarah 2:223] But pay attention to His saying: For the harvest is the place of sowing and planting, and that is the private parts. It is permissible for a man to take pleasure in his wife during intercourse in the private parts, meaning whether he approaches her from the front or from the back, or she is standing or lying down, or in any other position, on the condition that it is in the private parts.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Likewise, he may take pleasure in her through embracing, kissing, and touching however he wishes. There is no restriction in this, except that it is forbidden for him to have intercourse with her during menstruation, or to have intercourse with her in the anus in any case. Based on this, this is the general rule: if a man takes pleasure in sucking his wife’s breast, there is no blame on him for that, and it does not make her forbidden to him, even if he suckled from her. For she does not become forbidden to him according to the opinion of the majority of scholars.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Because one of the conditions for breastfeeding that makes a woman forbidden is that it must be before weaning. As for if it is after weaning, it does not make her forbidden and has no effect. Likewise, the breastfeeding must be five times or more. As for less than five suckles, it has no effect at all, even if it is a child who is still nursing and does not eat anything except milk, and then he suckles four times from a woman, he does not become her son through these suckles.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Because the forbidden amount is five suckles, no less. Yes.
The questioner : This is a message we received from the land of Bani Amr.
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah. Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, has permitted a husband to take pleasure in his wife however he wishes, even in the manner of intercourse. For Allah the Exalted says:
Your wives are a place of sowing of seed for you, so come to your place of cultivation however you wish
نساؤكم حرث لكم فأتوا حرثكم أنى شئتمSo approach your harvest
فأتوا حرثكمThe questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Likewise, he may take pleasure in her through embracing, kissing, and touching however he wishes. There is no restriction in this, except that it is forbidden for him to have intercourse with her during menstruation, or to have intercourse with her in the anus in any case. Based on this, this is the general rule: if a man takes pleasure in sucking his wife’s breast, there is no blame on him for that, and it does not make her forbidden to him, even if he suckled from her. For she does not become forbidden to him according to the opinion of the majority of scholars.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Because one of the conditions for breastfeeding that makes a woman forbidden is that it must be before weaning. As for if it is after weaning, it does not make her forbidden and has no effect. Likewise, the breastfeeding must be five times or more. As for less than five suckles, it has no effect at all, even if it is a child who is still nursing and does not eat anything except milk, and then he suckles four times from a woman, he does not become her son through these suckles.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Because the forbidden amount is five suckles, no less. Yes.
The questioner : This is a message we received from the land of Bani Amr.