The Ruling on the Scope of Siblinghood through Breastfeeding for Those Who Came Before and After
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Question:
A listener from the southern region (N. S. H.) sent a somewhat lengthy message regarding breastfeeding. He says: My mother breastfed my aunt’s daughter, and the breastfeeding occurred alongside my sister, who is younger than me and is the fourth in order among my siblings. My aunt also breastfed the aforementioned sister alongside her own daughter. Thus, there was breastfeeding between both parties. Is my aunt’s daughter, who was breastfed alongside my sister by our mother, a sister to us all through breastfeeding? And is my sister, who was breastfed by my aunt, a sister to my aunt’s children? We ask you to inform us. May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
Yes, your aunt’s daughter, if your mother breastfed her five times or more while she was within the two-year period, becomes a sister to all of you. A single suckling is defined as the child holding the breast and sucking the milk until it reaches her stomach, then releasing the breast, then being put back to the breast and suckling a second time, and so on until five sucklings are completed in one day or over several days. She becomes a sister to all of you, those who came before her and those who came after her.
Likewise, your sister, if your aunt breastfed her with a legally valid breastfeeding, five times or more, becomes a sister solely to her children, and only to them. She becomes a sister to your aunt’s children because she has become a daughter to your aunt, and a sister to her children and the children of the husband who is the source of the milk. She becomes a daughter to him and a sister to his children, provided the breastfeeding occurred within the two-year period and consisted of five sucklings or more, as previously mentioned. Yes.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good.
A listener from the southern region (N. S. H.) sent a somewhat lengthy message regarding breastfeeding. He says: My mother breastfed my aunt’s daughter, and the breastfeeding occurred alongside my sister, who is younger than me and is the fourth in order among my siblings. My aunt also breastfed the aforementioned sister alongside her own daughter. Thus, there was breastfeeding between both parties. Is my aunt’s daughter, who was breastfed alongside my sister by our mother, a sister to us all through breastfeeding? And is my sister, who was breastfed by my aunt, a sister to my aunt’s children? We ask you to inform us. May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
Yes, your aunt’s daughter, if your mother breastfed her five times or more while she was within the two-year period, becomes a sister to all of you. A single suckling is defined as the child holding the breast and sucking the milk until it reaches her stomach, then releasing the breast, then being put back to the breast and suckling a second time, and so on until five sucklings are completed in one day or over several days. She becomes a sister to all of you, those who came before her and those who came after her.
Likewise, your sister, if your aunt breastfed her with a legally valid breastfeeding, five times or more, becomes a sister solely to her children, and only to them. She becomes a sister to your aunt’s children because she has become a daughter to your aunt, and a sister to her children and the children of the husband who is the source of the milk. She becomes a daughter to him and a sister to his children, provided the breastfeeding occurred within the two-year period and consisted of five sucklings or more, as previously mentioned. Yes.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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