Prohibited Breastfeeding and Its Consequences
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Question:
A letter was received by the program from one of the sisters saying: I have a maternal cousin who nursed from my mother’s breast more than once, meaning that the number of breastfeedings definitely exceeded five from my mother. Does this person count as a mahram (a relative one may not marry) for me and my sisters? I am older than him, and he nursed along with my younger brother. My brothers prevent me from seeing him when he comes to visit us. Is there any sin on me for that? Because I tried to convince my brothers that he is my brother, but they were not convinced.
Answer:
If he nursed from the mother five times or more, then he becomes a brother. Even if you are older than him, he is a brother to all the children of the mother, and to the children of the husband, those after him and those before him, all of them. If the breastfeeding is five times, accurately counted, and the milk reaches the stomach, within the two years before weaning, then there is no harm. He is a brother, whether older or younger, you and those below you and those above you. Yes.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.
A letter was received by the program from one of the sisters saying: I have a maternal cousin who nursed from my mother’s breast more than once, meaning that the number of breastfeedings definitely exceeded five from my mother. Does this person count as a mahram (a relative one may not marry) for me and my sisters? I am older than him, and he nursed along with my younger brother. My brothers prevent me from seeing him when he comes to visit us. Is there any sin on me for that? Because I tried to convince my brothers that he is my brother, but they were not convinced.
Answer:
If he nursed from the mother five times or more, then he becomes a brother. Even if you are older than him, he is a brother to all the children of the mother, and to the children of the husband, those after him and those before him, all of them. If the breastfeeding is five times, accurately counted, and the milk reaches the stomach, within the two years before weaning, then there is no harm. He is a brother, whether older or younger, you and those below you and those above you. Yes.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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