What is forbidden in breastfeeding and what is not forbidden
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The honorable Shaykh (may Allah preserve him): A questioner asks and says: My uncle was breastfed by a woman, and at the same time, another person was breastfed by this same woman. Does this person who was breastfed with my uncle become my uncle through breastfeeding? And what is the status of my children, both male and female, in relation to him?
First: You must know, may Allah reward you, that the relatives of the one who was breastfed have absolutely no relationship through breastfeeding. So if a person is breastfed by a woman, his brothers do not become her sons, and they have no relationship with her. Do you understand?For example: Zayd was breastfed by a woman named Zaynab. Zayd’s brothers have no relationship with Zaynab; because they are not her sons, nor her brothers, nor her uncles. So in the example I just mentioned, the brothers of the one who was breastfed have no relationship with the woman who breastfed their brother, nor with her children. It is permissible for one of the brothers of the one who was breastfed to marry the daughters of the woman who breastfed their brother; because they have no relationship with her.
But you must know that breastfeeding is not considered valid unless it is five breastfeedings, as Muslim narrated from ‘Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said: (What was revealed in the Qur’an was ten known breastfeedings that prohibit marriage, but this was abrogated by five known breastfeedings) So it is necessary that the nursing mother or the one who witnessed the breastfeeding be certain that the breastfeeding occurred five times,If they say: He was breastfed, but we do not know, so the breastfeeding is not considered,And if they say: He was breastfed four times, is that considered or not? It is not considered; it must be five. So if he was breastfed three times, it is not considered. If he was breastfed two times, it is not considered. Or one time, it is not considered. It must be five known breastfeedings, as came in the hadith. So those in doubt are not considered.
The questioner: The daughters of this person whose brother was a brother through breastfeeding?The Shaykh: The one who was breastfed with him from a woman. If two people are breastfed by a woman, they become brothers, and each one of them becomes an uncle to the other’s children, both male and female.
First: You must know, may Allah reward you, that the relatives of the one who was breastfed have absolutely no relationship through breastfeeding. So if a person is breastfed by a woman, his brothers do not become her sons, and they have no relationship with her. Do you understand?For example: Zayd was breastfed by a woman named Zaynab. Zayd’s brothers have no relationship with Zaynab; because they are not her sons, nor her brothers, nor her uncles. So in the example I just mentioned, the brothers of the one who was breastfed have no relationship with the woman who breastfed their brother, nor with her children. It is permissible for one of the brothers of the one who was breastfed to marry the daughters of the woman who breastfed their brother; because they have no relationship with her.
But you must know that breastfeeding is not considered valid unless it is five breastfeedings, as Muslim narrated from ‘Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said: (What was revealed in the Qur’an was ten known breastfeedings that prohibit marriage, but this was abrogated by five known breastfeedings) So it is necessary that the nursing mother or the one who witnessed the breastfeeding be certain that the breastfeeding occurred five times,If they say: He was breastfed, but we do not know, so the breastfeeding is not considered,And if they say: He was breastfed four times, is that considered or not? It is not considered; it must be five. So if he was breastfed three times, it is not considered. If he was breastfed two times, it is not considered. Or one time, it is not considered. It must be five known breastfeedings, as came in the hadith. So those in doubt are not considered.
The questioner: The daughters of this person whose brother was a brother through breastfeeding?The Shaykh: The one who was breastfed with him from a woman. If two people are breastfed by a woman, they become brothers, and each one of them becomes an uncle to the other’s children, both male and female.