Doubt regarding the number of breastfeedings: four or five
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Question:
One of the listening sisters says, residing in Buraydah (A. A. A), our sister has two cases: The first case: She says: I breastfed my cousin’s daughter five full feedings, or perhaps four feedings, so I do not remember exactly. Now my brother wants to marry her, so is it permissible for him to marry her, or is he her maternal uncle through breastfeeding and thus forbidden to her? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
It is necessary that there be five confirmed, known feedings, even if they were not full. If five feedings are found, she is forbidden to your brother and he becomes her maternal uncle. The point is that four do not make it forbidden; it must be five known feedings in which one is certain that the milk reached the child’s stomach before weaning, five or more. Yes.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good.
One of the listening sisters says, residing in Buraydah (A. A. A), our sister has two cases: The first case: She says: I breastfed my cousin’s daughter five full feedings, or perhaps four feedings, so I do not remember exactly. Now my brother wants to marry her, so is it permissible for him to marry her, or is he her maternal uncle through breastfeeding and thus forbidden to her? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
It is necessary that there be five confirmed, known feedings, even if they were not full. If five feedings are found, she is forbidden to your brother and he becomes her maternal uncle. The point is that four do not make it forbidden; it must be five known feedings in which one is certain that the milk reached the child’s stomach before weaning, five or more. Yes.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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