Is the daughter of a maternal aunt who was breastfed by a man’s mother only three times forbidden to him or not?
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The questioner : My maternal aunt’s daughter was breastfed by my mother on one day, two or three times, along with my brother who is older than me by four children. My maternal aunt’s daughter married another man and gave birth to a daughter. I then married her daughter, meaning the daughter of the daughter. Is this permissible for me or not?
The Shaykh : It should be known that the breastfeeding that establishes prohibition, which makes the breastfed child a son of the wet nurse, requires that it be five feedings or more before weaning.
According to the questioner’s question, this girl who became a mother was breastfed by her mother only three times. Therefore, she is not his sister; rather, she is his maternal aunt’s daughter. It is permissible for him to marry her daughter because the breastfeeding that establishes prohibition has not been proven.
Before concluding the answer, I remind the listeners that many common people think that if a girl is breastfed by a man’s mother along with a son older than her, she does not become his sister. This is a great error. Any child who is breastfed by your mother becomes your brother, whether he was breastfed from the milk that resulted from your pregnancy or from previous or subsequent milk. The important point is that whenever he is breastfed by your mother with a significant amount of breastfeeding, whether before you, after you, or with you, he becomes your brother through breastfeeding. He also becomes a brother to the children of her husband from whom her milk originated, becoming their brother through the father, because their father is one.
The questioner : May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : It should be known that the breastfeeding that establishes prohibition, which makes the breastfed child a son of the wet nurse, requires that it be five feedings or more before weaning.
According to the questioner’s question, this girl who became a mother was breastfed by her mother only three times. Therefore, she is not his sister; rather, she is his maternal aunt’s daughter. It is permissible for him to marry her daughter because the breastfeeding that establishes prohibition has not been proven.
Before concluding the answer, I remind the listeners that many common people think that if a girl is breastfed by a man’s mother along with a son older than her, she does not become his sister. This is a great error. Any child who is breastfed by your mother becomes your brother, whether he was breastfed from the milk that resulted from your pregnancy or from previous or subsequent milk. The important point is that whenever he is breastfed by your mother with a significant amount of breastfeeding, whether before you, after you, or with you, he becomes your brother through breastfeeding. He also becomes a brother to the children of her husband from whom her milk originated, becoming their brother through the father, because their father is one.
The questioner : May Allah reward you.