The ruling on a brother who was breastfed by his brother's wife
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A person was breastfed by his brother's wife. Does this younger person become forbidden to his brother's other wives? And does this older husband become forbidden to his younger brother's wife?
If he was breastfed by his brother's wife, he becomes his brother's son, and his brother's wife who breastfed him becomes his mother. As for his brother's other wives, there is a difference of opinion among the scholars.Meaning: Is the father's wife through breastfeeding, who did not breastfeed the child, forbidden to the one who was breastfed, or not? There is a difference of opinion among the scholars on this.Some scholars, who are the majority, say: That he becomes forbidden to his father's wives through breastfeeding.
And the Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him) says: That he does not become forbidden to his father's wives through breastfeeding;For Allah the Exalted said: [Al-Nisa: 23] And He said: [Al-Nisa: 23] And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "What is forbidden through breastfeeding is forbidden through blood relations" .
So what we see is that what the Shaykh al-Islam (may Allah have mercy on him) said is closer to the truth, and that the fathers' wives through breastfeeding are not forbidden to their sons through breastfeeding, and likewise, your son through breastfeeding, you are not forbidden to his wife;For Allah the Exalted said: [Al-Nisa: 23] , this is what we see in this issue, and you have known the opinion of the majority that breastfeeding affects affinity just as it affects blood relations.
If he was breastfed by his brother's wife, he becomes his brother's son, and his brother's wife who breastfed him becomes his mother. As for his brother's other wives, there is a difference of opinion among the scholars.Meaning: Is the father's wife through breastfeeding, who did not breastfeed the child, forbidden to the one who was breastfed, or not? There is a difference of opinion among the scholars on this.Some scholars, who are the majority, say: That he becomes forbidden to his father's wives through breastfeeding.
And the Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him) says: That he does not become forbidden to his father's wives through breastfeeding;For Allah the Exalted said:
your [milk] mothers who nursed you
وَأُمَّهَاتُكُمُ اللَّاتِي أَرْضَعْنَكُمْthe wives of your sons who are from your [own] loins
وَحَلائِلُ أَبْنَائِكُمُ الَّذِينَ مِنْ أَصْلابِكُمْSo what we see is that what the Shaykh al-Islam (may Allah have mercy on him) said is closer to the truth, and that the fathers' wives through breastfeeding are not forbidden to their sons through breastfeeding, and likewise, your son through breastfeeding, you are not forbidden to his wife;For Allah the Exalted said: