The Ruling on Prohibition through Breastfeeding When the Number of Sucklings Is Unknown
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Question:
A message was received by the program from Yemen, sent by listener (A. S. A), who says: Your Eminence, I was breastfed along with a girl in our village while my mother was away from me for a full day when I was a small child, and I do not know how old I was. When I grew up, I used to hear the mother of the girl I was breastfed with say to me and my family: “You were breastfed with my daughter so-and-so.” When I grew up, I married the sister of the girl I was breastfed with, who is the younger one. Since we are in the desert, we did not know thatSahih Muslim 1445i and we have now been continuing in our life for three years. We have had a daughter, and now the number of sucklings is unknown; we do not know whether it is less than five or more, which is the number that establishes prohibition. Please guide us on how to act now? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
If the number of sucklings is unknown, there is no blame on you, and your wife is with you, praise be to Allah. However, if the wet nurse is present and is trustworthy, ask her. If she states that she breastfed you five times or more, then you are the brother of the girl you married, because she is the daughter of the wet nurse and is not permissible for you. But if the wet nurse is dead, or does not know how many times she breastfed you, or is not trustworthy and cannot be relied upon due to her open sinfulness or lying, then there is no blame on you, and the marriage is valid, praise be to Allah.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
A message was received by the program from Yemen, sent by listener (A. S. A), who says: Your Eminence, I was breastfed along with a girl in our village while my mother was away from me for a full day when I was a small child, and I do not know how old I was. When I grew up, I used to hear the mother of the girl I was breastfed with say to me and my family: “You were breastfed with my daughter so-and-so.” When I grew up, I married the sister of the girl I was breastfed with, who is the younger one. Since we are in the desert, we did not know that
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يحرم من الرضاعة ما يحرم من النسبAnswer:
If the number of sucklings is unknown, there is no blame on you, and your wife is with you, praise be to Allah. However, if the wet nurse is present and is trustworthy, ask her. If she states that she breastfed you five times or more, then you are the brother of the girl you married, because she is the daughter of the wet nurse and is not permissible for you. But if the wet nurse is dead, or does not know how many times she breastfed you, or is not trustworthy and cannot be relied upon due to her open sinfulness or lying, then there is no blame on you, and the marriage is valid, praise be to Allah.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Source
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