Ruling on severing ties with my brothers and sisters through breastfeeding
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The questioner: I have sisters through breastfeeding, and they obtained a fatwa from His Eminence Shaykh 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn Baz (may Allah preserve him and grant him piety), naturally! That we are siblings through breastfeeding. Some of them accepted this matter, some rejected it and returned it, and some accepted to meet me, ask about my condition, and I ask about theirs,And some of them said: just the inquiry, not the meeting. So, is there a sin on me if I sever ties with them, meaning the one who rejected this matter, or is there a sin on them in that?The Shaykh: Are they relatives to you?The questioner: Through breastfeeding.
The Shaykh: Breastfeeding is not kinship, and it is not obligatory for a person to maintain ties with his relatives through breastfeeding as he maintains ties with his relatives by blood. However, there is no doubt that this is a type of connection, so maintaining contact with them is good. As for some women refraining from facing the relatives through breastfeeding, or uncovering their faces to them, this is modesty and shyness; the intention is never to oppose the Shari'ah.
The Shaykh: Breastfeeding is not kinship, and it is not obligatory for a person to maintain ties with his relatives through breastfeeding as he maintains ties with his relatives by blood. However, there is no doubt that this is a type of connection, so maintaining contact with them is good. As for some women refraining from facing the relatives through breastfeeding, or uncovering their faces to them, this is modesty and shyness; the intention is never to oppose the Shari'ah.