A woman who has daughters and breastfed a child, then married another man: is this child a brother to her daughters from the second husband?
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The questioner : Praise be to Allah, and may peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah.
His EminenceThe Shaykh : A woman married a man and bore daughters from him, then she breastfed along with these daughters
The Shaykh : Then what?
The questioner : Then she breastfed a child who became their brother through breastfeeding. Then this woman divorced and married another man and bore daughters from him. Is this child a brother to those daughters she bore from the other man?
The Shaykh : Is the question clear? It says: A woman has daughters, and she breastfed a child, then she married another man after her husband and bore daughters from him. Are the daughters from the second husband sisters to the child who was breastfed by her while she was in the marriage of the first husband? That is the question. And the answer is: Yes, her daughters from the second husband are sisters to the child who was breastfed by her while she was in the marriage of the first husband. But they are his sisters through the mother, because the mother is one. Here, for example, we say: breastfeeding is like lineage. Just as a person may have sisters through the mother in lineage, so he may have sisters through the mother in breastfeeding. Likewise, a person may have sisters through the father in lineage, and he may have sisters through the father in breastfeeding. He may have full sisters in lineage, and he may have full sisters in breastfeeding. Do you understand now? Okay, Hind is a woman of a man named Abdullah. She breastfed a child, and she has daughters. Are her daughters full sisters to this child through breastfeeding, or not full sisters? They are full sisters, because the father is one and the mother is one. Does her husband, Abdullah, have daughters from another wife? Are they sisters to this child? Yes, they are sisters, but through the father. They are sisters through the father. Does the woman who breastfed have daughters from a previous husband? Are they sisters to this child? Yes, but they are sisters through the mother. Yes.
His EminenceThe Shaykh : A woman married a man and bore daughters from him, then she breastfed along with these daughters
The Shaykh : Then what?
The questioner : Then she breastfed a child who became their brother through breastfeeding. Then this woman divorced and married another man and bore daughters from him. Is this child a brother to those daughters she bore from the other man?
The Shaykh : Is the question clear? It says: A woman has daughters, and she breastfed a child, then she married another man after her husband and bore daughters from him. Are the daughters from the second husband sisters to the child who was breastfed by her while she was in the marriage of the first husband? That is the question. And the answer is: Yes, her daughters from the second husband are sisters to the child who was breastfed by her while she was in the marriage of the first husband. But they are his sisters through the mother, because the mother is one. Here, for example, we say: breastfeeding is like lineage. Just as a person may have sisters through the mother in lineage, so he may have sisters through the mother in breastfeeding. Likewise, a person may have sisters through the father in lineage, and he may have sisters through the father in breastfeeding. He may have full sisters in lineage, and he may have full sisters in breastfeeding. Do you understand now? Okay, Hind is a woman of a man named Abdullah. She breastfed a child, and she has daughters. Are her daughters full sisters to this child through breastfeeding, or not full sisters? They are full sisters, because the father is one and the mother is one. Does her husband, Abdullah, have daughters from another wife? Are they sisters to this child? Yes, they are sisters, but through the father. They are sisters through the father. Does the woman who breastfed have daughters from a previous husband? Are they sisters to this child? Yes, but they are sisters through the mother. Yes.