Breastfeeding does not prohibit marriage unless it consists of five known feedings
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A woman breastfed a child a period of time ago, approximately thirty or forty years ago, at night, and it is not known how many feedings there were. Then, after morning, she breastfed him again. What is the ruling?
We will give you a rule based on the fact that: (Breastfeeding does not prohibit marriage unless it consists of five known feedings) as stated in the hadith of A'ishah: (It was abrogated by five known feedings) which make it prohibited. If the nursing mother is unsure whether she breastfed this child or not, then the breastfeeding is not considered. If she is unsure whether she breastfed him five times or fewer, then that is not considered either. But if she is unsure whether she breastfed him five or six times, what do you say? I am asking you.
The questioner: You take the five.
The Shaykh: And the breastfeeding becomes prohibited. But if she is unsure whether she breastfed him four or five times?The questioner: Do not take the lesser number.
The Shaykh: Well done.
We will give you a rule based on the fact that: (Breastfeeding does not prohibit marriage unless it consists of five known feedings) as stated in the hadith of A'ishah: (It was abrogated by five known feedings) which make it prohibited. If the nursing mother is unsure whether she breastfed this child or not, then the breastfeeding is not considered. If she is unsure whether she breastfed him five times or fewer, then that is not considered either. But if she is unsure whether she breastfed him five or six times, what do you say? I am asking you.
The questioner: You take the five.
The Shaykh: And the breastfeeding becomes prohibited. But if she is unsure whether she breastfed him four or five times?The questioner: Do not take the lesser number.
The Shaykh: Well done.