A man whose wife died in childbirth and gave birth to a son, and this man has a brother who has daughters
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The questioner : Peace be upon you, and Allah’s mercy and blessings.
Your Eminence, a man has a brother, and his wife died in childbirth, and she gave birth to a son. The mother of the two boys, or the two men.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : The mother of the two men, the two brothers, is a very old woman, over sixty years old. When the mother of the boy died, she breastfed this boy and produced milk. The second brother has daughters.
The Shaykh : Okay, how much did she breastfeed? How much did she nurse him?
The questioner : He nursed for two years, he nursed for two full years.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : So what is the ruling, meaning, regarding the daughters in relation to this boy?
The Shaykh : When the old mother breastfed the child, she became his mother—may Allah have mercy on you—she becomes his mother. And if she is his mother, he becomes a brother to her children, both male and female. So the female children, he becomes their maternal uncle, and the male children, he becomes their paternal uncle. Do you understand? Okay, what is the evidence? This is an old woman, and perhaps her husband has also died. We say this because Allah the Exalted said: What is it? And this woman breastfed a drop of her milk upon him, so he nursed from her, it is known now. Okay.
Your Eminence, a man has a brother, and his wife died in childbirth, and she gave birth to a son. The mother of the two boys, or the two men.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : The mother of the two men, the two brothers, is a very old woman, over sixty years old. When the mother of the boy died, she breastfed this boy and produced milk. The second brother has daughters.
The Shaykh : Okay, how much did she breastfeed? How much did she nurse him?
The questioner : He nursed for two years, he nursed for two full years.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : So what is the ruling, meaning, regarding the daughters in relation to this boy?
The Shaykh : When the old mother breastfed the child, she became his mother—may Allah have mercy on you—she becomes his mother. And if she is his mother, he becomes a brother to her children, both male and female. So the female children, he becomes their maternal uncle, and the male children, he becomes their paternal uncle. Do you understand? Okay, what is the evidence? This is an old woman, and perhaps her husband has also died. We say this because Allah the Exalted said: