The ruling on marriage if the number of breastfeedings is unknown
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His Eminence the Shaykh: A man contracted marriage with a woman, and afterwards he found an old woman who said: “I breastfed both of you,” but she does not know how many times she breastfed them?
There is no confusion in this.
The marriage is valid and the marital bond is valid; because we must know that the breastfeeding reached five times or more.
The questioner: This woman does not know the number of breastfeedings. The old woman is advanced in age, about ninety years old, and she does not know.
The Shaykh: Therefore, the marital bond is valid and they owe nothing.
There is no confusion in this.
The marriage is valid and the marital bond is valid; because we must know that the breastfeeding reached five times or more.
The questioner: This woman does not know the number of breastfeedings. The old woman is advanced in age, about ninety years old, and she does not know.
The Shaykh: Therefore, the marital bond is valid and they owe nothing.