He says: I married a woman and she bore me a child, and it became clear to me at the end that I had been breastfed by her eldest sister, who is her sister only on the father’s side, and I became
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
The questioner : This message reached us from the questioner in Abha, M, A, A, A, because he says: I married a woman.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And she bore me a child, and it became clear to me at the end that I had been breastfed by her sister.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Her eldest sister, who is her sister only on the father’s side, and I became confused, not knowing whether she has become my wife’s maternal aunt or not. Please inform us. May Allah reward you for us with good?
The Shaykh : Yes, if it is established that you were breastfed by her sister on the father’s side five times or more before weaning, then your wife has become your maternal aunt, because she is the sister of your mother through breastfeeding, on the father’s side.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And based on this, it becomes clear that the marriage is invalid, because you married your sister.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : But the children.
The questioner : You married your maternal aunt.
The Shaykh : Your maternal aunt, yes, you married your maternal aunt, but the children are your children, legitimate children, because they were created from semen that came from an act of intercourse based on a doubt, and you did not know that she was your maternal aunt.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And based on this, the children are your children, as for the marriage, its invalidity has become clear if it is established that you were breastfed by her sister five times or more before weaning.
The questioner : So the children are his children and her children?
The Shaykh : Yes, and they are her children.
The questioner : You have done well, may Allah reward you. O gentlemen, we have reached the end of this session in which we presented the questions of the honorable Nasir Muhammad al-Shahri from Riyadh, the listener K, F, T, A, N, I, who asked about the awrah of a woman in prayer and the imamah of al-Tagh, and Ahmad Ali.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And she bore me a child, and it became clear to me at the end that I had been breastfed by her sister.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Her eldest sister, who is her sister only on the father’s side, and I became confused, not knowing whether she has become my wife’s maternal aunt or not. Please inform us. May Allah reward you for us with good?
The Shaykh : Yes, if it is established that you were breastfed by her sister on the father’s side five times or more before weaning, then your wife has become your maternal aunt, because she is the sister of your mother through breastfeeding, on the father’s side.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And based on this, it becomes clear that the marriage is invalid, because you married your sister.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : But the children.
The questioner : You married your maternal aunt.
The Shaykh : Your maternal aunt, yes, you married your maternal aunt, but the children are your children, legitimate children, because they were created from semen that came from an act of intercourse based on a doubt, and you did not know that she was your maternal aunt.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And based on this, the children are your children, as for the marriage, its invalidity has become clear if it is established that you were breastfed by her sister five times or more before weaning.
The questioner : So the children are his children and her children?
The Shaykh : Yes, and they are her children.
The questioner : You have done well, may Allah reward you. O gentlemen, we have reached the end of this session in which we presented the questions of the honorable Nasir Muhammad al-Shahri from Riyadh, the listener K, F, T, A, N, I, who asked about the awrah of a woman in prayer and the imamah of al-Tagh, and Ahmad Ali.