The limit of breastfeeding that creates a prohibition
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Question:
A message was sent from Yemen by the listener: Ramez Qa'id Muhammad Sufyan. Our brother says: I am a young man who wants to marry my cousin. The family told me that she was breastfed by my mother, but they do not know how much she was breastfed, whether a little or a lot? They also do not know if it was five suckles or less? The important thing is that they told me: she was breastfed only by your mother. So what is the guidance of Shaykh Abdul Aziz? Should I propose to this girl, or should I stay away? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
If she was not breastfed by your mother five times, or more, within the two-year period, with valid legal evidence; then she is lawful for you, and she is not forbidden to you except by five breastfeedings or more while she was within the two-year period, by the mother's admission, or by the testimony of trustworthy men or women that this occurred. However, leaving her is more cautious and better, in the sense of avoiding what is doubtful; due to the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):Sunan an-Nasa'i 5711Sahih (Darussalam) and his saying (peace and blessings be upon him): Bulugh al-Maram 16:32 So seeking another daughter with no doubt in her is more preferable and better. Otherwise, she is not forbidden to you as long as the breastfeeding is doubtful, and it has not been established that it was five breastfeedings, and within the two-year period; then she is not forbidden by that. Yes.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.
A message was sent from Yemen by the listener: Ramez Qa'id Muhammad Sufyan. Our brother says: I am a young man who wants to marry my cousin. The family told me that she was breastfed by my mother, but they do not know how much she was breastfed, whether a little or a lot? They also do not know if it was five suckles or less? The important thing is that they told me: she was breastfed only by your mother. So what is the guidance of Shaykh Abdul Aziz? Should I propose to this girl, or should I stay away? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
If she was not breastfed by your mother five times, or more, within the two-year period, with valid legal evidence; then she is lawful for you, and she is not forbidden to you except by five breastfeedings or more while she was within the two-year period, by the mother's admission, or by the testimony of trustworthy men or women that this occurred. However, leaving her is more cautious and better, in the sense of avoiding what is doubtful; due to the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):
Leave that which makes you doubt for that which does not make you doubt.
دع ما يريبك إلى ما لا يريبكSo he, who saves himself from these doubtful things, saves his religion and his honor
من اتقى الشبهات؛ فقد استبرأ لدينه وعرضهThe presenter : May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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