Does breastfeeding prohibit the relatives of the nursing mother and the relatives of the husband?
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The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : ... the relatives of the nursing mother and the relatives of the husband ...
The Shaykh : Classify them according to blood kinship. The relatives of the nursing mother, such as her sisters, become maternal aunts to the breastfed child, and her brothers become maternal uncles. We treat the husband’s brothers as paternal uncles and his sisters as paternal aunts, and so on. The issue is clear, but it requires knowledge of the rules. Partial application may be difficult for a person, but if he knows the rule, it becomes easy for him. Yes.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : ... does
The Shaykh : Is it permissible, what?
The questioner : For him to propose to ... a relative through breastfeeding?
The Shaykh : No, because she is not a mahram (a relative one may not marry) to him. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prohibited through breastfeeding what is prohibited through blood kinship. Your father is a mahram to your wife through what? No, not through blood kinship. There is no blood kinship between your father and your wife; rather, he is a mahram to her through affinity (mushaharah). The hadith states that what is prohibited through breastfeeding is what is prohibited through blood kinship. We spoke about this yesterday in clear, detailed terms and explained a precautionary opinion to which you can refer, if Allah wills, in the recording. Yes.
The questioner : ... the relatives of the nursing mother and the relatives of the husband ...
The Shaykh : Classify them according to blood kinship. The relatives of the nursing mother, such as her sisters, become maternal aunts to the breastfed child, and her brothers become maternal uncles. We treat the husband’s brothers as paternal uncles and his sisters as paternal aunts, and so on. The issue is clear, but it requires knowledge of the rules. Partial application may be difficult for a person, but if he knows the rule, it becomes easy for him. Yes.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : ... does
The Shaykh : Is it permissible, what?
The questioner : For him to propose to ... a relative through breastfeeding?
The Shaykh : No, because she is not a mahram (a relative one may not marry) to him. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prohibited through breastfeeding what is prohibited through blood kinship. Your father is a mahram to your wife through what? No, not through blood kinship. There is no blood kinship between your father and your wife; rather, he is a mahram to her through affinity (mushaharah). The hadith states that what is prohibited through breastfeeding is what is prohibited through blood kinship. We spoke about this yesterday in clear, detailed terms and explained a precautionary opinion to which you can refer, if Allah wills, in the recording. Yes.