Is it permissible to sell human milk, O Shaykh?

The questioner : Is it permissible to sell human milk, O Shaykh?

The Shaykh : Selling milk.

The questioner : Human milk.

The Shaykh : Human milk, you mean milk.

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh : Yes, and she is, meaning, she has no need for it; she has no infant.

The questioner : She has no need for it; she has no infant.

The Shaykh : It is permissible.

The questioner : Is it permissible to sell it?

The Shaykh: Yes.

The questioner : If it leads to confusion in lineage through this milk, O Shaykh?

The Shaykh : How do you mean?

The questioner : Confusion in lineage.

The Shaykh : How do you mean?

The questioner : If she sells the milk to a woman, for example, and she does not know that her brother is a brother through breastfeeding.

The Shaykh : She does not know. Another issue: what is the ruling on breastfeeding without selling? Is it permissible or not?

The questioner : Breastfeeding without selling is permissible.

The Shaykh : Okay, is it permissible for a woman to breastfeed for a price? You do not know, perhaps you will know, if Allah wills.