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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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An incident occurred about thirty years ago when my mother breastfed a girl along with my eldest brother for approximately three days

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The questioner : He says: O honorable Shaykh, an incident occurred about thirty years ago when my mother breastfed a girl along with my eldest brother.

The Shaykh : What?

The questioner : That my mother breastfed a girl along with my eldest brother for approximately three days, it being known that the girl did not breastfeed from her mother, because her mother was ill and had no milk in her breast. So, my mother breastfed her about three times a day. She says: I do not know if the girl was satisfied or not, because my brother was sharing the breastfeeding with her. He says: O honorable Shaykh, because my brother was sharing the breastfeeding with her, it being known that my father had no knowledge of this breastfeeding, because he was traveling at that time and did not return until after four months. When he returned, my mother informed him of what had happened, and he was not upset by the matter. So, O honorable Shaykh, is this girl our sister and the daughter of our mother? I ask for your guidance. May Allah reward you a thousand times for me.

The Shaykh : Yes, if a child or a girl breastfeeds from a woman five separate times, she becomes her son, whether he was satisfied from each feeding or not, and whether...
Source alathar.net

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