The occurrence of prohibition through direct and indirect breastfeeding
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A woman breastfed a girl five times, but she was putting the milk into a bottle. Is she prohibited from marriage by this breastfeeding, even though the amount of milk in each feeding is small and barely reaches what is in the bottle?
Well! Does the milk that this woman puts into the bottle turn into orange juice? It does not turn into it; the milk is the milk.So, based on this, we say: The criterion is the meanings of things, not their words.So His saying, the Mighty and Majestic: [Surat al-Nisa: 23] There is no doubt that direct breastfeeding is more effective, because the milk comes from the woman’s breast to the child’s mouth, and all the elements in it do not change, because there is no possibility of change. And if it is put in a container and then drunk, it must change, but the original substance remains.So the stronger position is: It is not required that the woman breastfeed the child directly; rather, whenever he drinks her milk five times at separate intervals, he is her son through breastfeeding.
The questioner: Even if it is a small amount, O Shaykh?Answer: Even if it is a small amount, as long as it is at separate intervals, even if it is a small amount.
Well! Does the milk that this woman puts into the bottle turn into orange juice? It does not turn into it; the milk is the milk.So, based on this, we say: The criterion is the meanings of things, not their words.So His saying, the Mighty and Majestic:
your [milk] mothers who nursed you
وَأُمَّهَاتُكُمُ اللَّاتِي أَرْضَعْنَكُمْThe questioner: Even if it is a small amount, O Shaykh?Answer: Even if it is a small amount, as long as it is at separate intervals, even if it is a small amount.
