The ruling on a man whose wife was breastfed by his brother’s wife through breastfeeding
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Honorable Shaykh! I married a wife, and four months after consummating the marriage, I received news that she had been breastfed by my brother’s wife for ten days. Please note that her father, her mother, and the husband of the woman who breastfed her denied this. Is she forbidden to me? And if she is forbidden to me, am I entitled to claim the rights I paid for her?
If the woman who reported that she breastfed her is trustworthy and reliable, her statement is accepted, even if her husband, the husband’s father, or his mother denies it; because the one who affirms takes precedence over the one who denies.Based on that: It becomes clear that the marriage is invalid, so one of them must separate from the other.
As for the mahr, if he had intercourse with her, it is hers in full for what he made lawful of her private parts, and he is not entitled to any of it. As for the children born of this woman, they are legitimate children; because they were born from a marriage based on a doubt, so their lineage is established.These are three things: First: We give precedence to the statement of the woman who breastfed, if she is trustworthy, and we do not consider the contradicting statement.
Second: She is entitled to the full mahr if he had intercourse with her for what he made lawful of her private parts.
Third: As for the children, they are legitimate children of their father; because they were born from a marriage based on a doubt.
If the woman who reported that she breastfed her is trustworthy and reliable, her statement is accepted, even if her husband, the husband’s father, or his mother denies it; because the one who affirms takes precedence over the one who denies.Based on that: It becomes clear that the marriage is invalid, so one of them must separate from the other.
As for the mahr, if he had intercourse with her, it is hers in full for what he made lawful of her private parts, and he is not entitled to any of it. As for the children born of this woman, they are legitimate children; because they were born from a marriage based on a doubt, so their lineage is established.These are three things: First: We give precedence to the statement of the woman who breastfed, if she is trustworthy, and we do not consider the contradicting statement.
Second: She is entitled to the full mahr if he had intercourse with her for what he made lawful of her private parts.
Third: As for the children, they are legitimate children of their father; because they were born from a marriage based on a doubt.