He says, “I am Zayd. When I was young, I was breastfed by the woman Hind twice, along with her daughter Maryam. Hind gave birth to two sons and then gave birth to Zaynab. Is it permissible for me, Zayd, to marry Zaynab?”
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The questioner : Also, a message reached us from the sender Zayd 'Umar al-Sabati, in which he says, “I am Zayd. When I was young, I was breastfed by the woman Hind twice, along with her daughter Maryam. Hind gave birth to two sons and then gave birth to Zaynab. Is it permissible for me, Zayd, to marry Zaynab, knowing that I was not breastfed by her mother along with her older sister except for two breastfeedings? Please inform us. May Allah reward you with the best reward?”
The Shaykh : The benefit for you is that it is permissible for you to marry this woman you mentioned, and also the woman who breastfed you twice, because two breastfeedings have no effect in making marriage forbidden. Indeed, breastfeeding does not make marriage forbidden unless it reaches five breastfeedings or more. As for less than that, it has no effect. This is the stronger position among the statements of the scholars. Some scholars hold that the forbidden amount is three breastfeedings, and some hold that the prohibition is established by a single breastfeeding.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : I only mentioned this scholarly disagreement to you so that you may take the path of caution if you wish, and avoid what is doubtful in the opinions of the scholars, may Allah have mercy on them.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : But despite that, we say that she is not forbidden to you, because breastfeeding is not established by only two instances.
The Shaykh : The benefit for you is that it is permissible for you to marry this woman you mentioned, and also the woman who breastfed you twice, because two breastfeedings have no effect in making marriage forbidden. Indeed, breastfeeding does not make marriage forbidden unless it reaches five breastfeedings or more. As for less than that, it has no effect. This is the stronger position among the statements of the scholars. Some scholars hold that the forbidden amount is three breastfeedings, and some hold that the prohibition is established by a single breastfeeding.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : I only mentioned this scholarly disagreement to you so that you may take the path of caution if you wish, and avoid what is doubtful in the opinions of the scholars, may Allah have mercy on them.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : But despite that, we say that she is not forbidden to you, because breastfeeding is not established by only two instances.