Ruling on marrying a woman and her maternal aunt through breastfeeding
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Question: A man wants to marry the daughter of his wife’s brother through breastfeeding. What is the ruling?
Answer: He may not do that until he divorces his wife and she completes her waiting period; because it is not permissible to marry a woman and her maternal aunt, nor a woman and her maternal aunt’s sister; based on what is established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in the authentic hadith that heSahih Muslim 1408a, and the ruling of breastfeeding is the same as the ruling of blood kinship; based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): Sunan Ibn Majah 1937Sahih (Darussalam), which is agreed upon as authentic.
Answer: He may not do that until he divorces his wife and she completes her waiting period; because it is not permissible to marry a woman and her maternal aunt, nor a woman and her maternal aunt’s sister; based on what is established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in the authentic hadith that he
One should not combine a woman and her father's sister, nor a woman and her mother's sister in marriage.
نهى أن يجمع الرجل بين المرأة وعمتها، ولا بين المرأة وخالتهاBreast-feeding makes unlawful (for marriages) the same things that blood tie make unlawful.
يحرم من الرضاع ما يحرم من النسب
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