What is the stronger position regarding the wife of one's son through breastfeeding: is she a mahram?
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The questioner : What is the stronger position regarding the wife of one's son through breastfeeding?
The Shaykh : In what?
The questioner : Regarding the wife of one's son through breastfeeding
The Shaykh : Yes, very well. The wife of one's son through blood relation is a mahram for his father, correct? The wife of one's son through blood relation is a mahram for his father, based on the saying of Allah the Exalted in the list of those who are forbidden:[An-Nisa 4:23]. So if a man has a son who is married to a woman, this woman is permitted to uncover her hijab before his father.
As for his son through breastfeeding, the majority of scholars hold that he is like his son through blood relation. However, the Shaykh al-Islam (may Allah have mercy on him), Ibn Taymiyyah, rejected that. He said that breastfeeding does not affect affinity through marriage, and that the wife of his son through breastfeeding is a stranger to him; she does not uncover for him, he does not remain alone with her, and he does not travel with her, because she is a stranger to him. And Allah Mighty and Majestic says:[An-Nisa 4:23], and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) says: Sunan Ibn Majah 1937Sahih (Darussalam). Is the wife of the son forbidden to the father through blood relation or through affinity? Through affinity, because there is no blood relation between him and his father. There is no blood relation between you and the wife of your son; rather, she is forbidden to you through affinity. And the hadith is: Sunan Ibn Majah 1937Sahih (Darussalam). This is what the Shaykh al-Islam chose, and it is what I see to be correct. Yes, after him, please proceed.
The Shaykh : In what?
The questioner : Regarding the wife of one's son through breastfeeding
The Shaykh : Yes, very well. The wife of one's son through blood relation is a mahram for his father, correct? The wife of one's son through blood relation is a mahram for his father, based on the saying of Allah the Exalted in the list of those who are forbidden:
the wives of your sons who are from your [own] loins
وَحَلائِلُ أَبْنَائِكُمُ الَّذِينَ مِنْ أَصْلابِكُمْAs for his son through breastfeeding, the majority of scholars hold that he is like his son through blood relation. However, the Shaykh al-Islam (may Allah have mercy on him), Ibn Taymiyyah, rejected that. He said that breastfeeding does not affect affinity through marriage, and that the wife of his son through breastfeeding is a stranger to him; she does not uncover for him, he does not remain alone with her, and he does not travel with her, because she is a stranger to him. And Allah Mighty and Majestic says: