What is the ruling on the children of a couple who are found to be related by breastfeeding?
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Question:
If a man marries a woman and they have children, and then it is discovered that they are related by breastfeeding, what happens to the children?
Answer:
The children are his, they are his children, and she is a mahram (a relative one may not marry) to him; it was revealed that she is his sister or his maternal aunt, a mahram to him, and the children are his; because of the shubhah (a doubtful matter).
If a man marries a woman and they have children, and then it is discovered that they are related by breastfeeding, what happens to the children?
Answer:
The children are his, they are his children, and she is a mahram (a relative one may not marry) to him; it was revealed that she is his sister or his maternal aunt, a mahram to him, and the children are his; because of the shubhah (a doubtful matter).
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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