My cousin’s daughter was breastfed by my grandmother, my mother’s mother, and her mother’s mother twice. Is she or her sisters permissible for me to marry?
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The questioner : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
I have a question regarding breastfeeding, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : I have a cousin, and I am her cousin’s son. My grandmother breastfed her.
The Shaykh : Huh?
The questioner : My grandmother, my mother’s mother, and her mother’s mother breastfed her. Is she or her sisters permissible for me to marry?
The Shaykh : Do you know how many times the breastfeeding occurred?
The questioner : Twice.
The Shaykh : Only twice.
The questioner : Only.
The Shaykh : Yes, she is permissible for you.
The questioner : Is she permissible for me, or are her sisters?
The Shaykh : Yes, all of them, including her sisters. As long as the breastfeeding was only twice, it has no effect. Breastfeeding twice, three times, or four times has no effect whatsoever.
The questioner : What has an effect is more than four or five times?
The Shaykh : Five. No, if it becomes five times and you were breastfed by your grandmother.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Five times.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : You would become a brother to your maternal aunts, so their daughters would not be permissible for you.
The questioner : All of them?
The Shaykh : All of them.
The questioner : If it becomes two times, are they permissible?
The Shaykh : Hm?
The questioner : If it becomes two times of breastfeeding, are they permissible?
The Shaykh : Yes, if it is two times, there is no issue.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
I have a question regarding breastfeeding, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : I have a cousin, and I am her cousin’s son. My grandmother breastfed her.
The Shaykh : Huh?
The questioner : My grandmother, my mother’s mother, and her mother’s mother breastfed her. Is she or her sisters permissible for me to marry?
The Shaykh : Do you know how many times the breastfeeding occurred?
The questioner : Twice.
The Shaykh : Only twice.
The questioner : Only.
The Shaykh : Yes, she is permissible for you.
The questioner : Is she permissible for me, or are her sisters?
The Shaykh : Yes, all of them, including her sisters. As long as the breastfeeding was only twice, it has no effect. Breastfeeding twice, three times, or four times has no effect whatsoever.
The questioner : What has an effect is more than four or five times?
The Shaykh : Five. No, if it becomes five times and you were breastfed by your grandmother.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Five times.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : You would become a brother to your maternal aunts, so their daughters would not be permissible for you.
The questioner : All of them?
The Shaykh : All of them.
The questioner : If it becomes two times, are they permissible?
The Shaykh : Hm?
The questioner : If it becomes two times of breastfeeding, are they permissible?
The Shaykh : Yes, if it is two times, there is no issue.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.