The number of breastfeedings that prohibit marriage
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My cousin and I are the children of two brothers. We were breastfed by our maternal grandmother, who is also the mother of her mother, only twice. Is she or her sisters permissible for me to marry?
She and her sisters are permissible for you to marry as long as the breastfeeding was only twice. If the breastfeeding is two, three, or four times, it has no effect. However, if it reaches five times, and you were breastfed by your grandmother five times, you become the brother of your maternal aunts. Consequently, your maternal aunts’ daughters become mahram (a relative one may not marry) to you, because you are their maternal uncle through breastfeeding.
She and her sisters are permissible for you to marry as long as the breastfeeding was only twice. If the breastfeeding is two, three, or four times, it has no effect. However, if it reaches five times, and you were breastfed by your grandmother five times, you become the brother of your maternal aunts. Consequently, your maternal aunts’ daughters become mahram (a relative one may not marry) to you, because you are their maternal uncle through breastfeeding.