The ruling when the number of breastfeedings is unknown and the wet nurse has passed away
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Question:
I was breastfed by a woman, but no one can confirm the number of breastfeedings. Are the children of this woman my siblings? The woman who breastfed me has passed away, and I did not know her.
Answer:
It is necessary that the breastfeeding be established with legal certainty, and that it be five breastfeedings or more within the two-year period, while you were a minor within that two-year period, and that the breastfeedings be five or more.
If this is not established, then they are not your siblings, and they are not prohibited relatives for you. If they are daughters, no, because it is obligatory to exercise caution in these matters and to stay away from the causes of fitnah (trial, discord or temptation). If the legal breastfeeding is not established, then they are not your siblings.
I was breastfed by a woman, but no one can confirm the number of breastfeedings. Are the children of this woman my siblings? The woman who breastfed me has passed away, and I did not know her.
Answer:
It is necessary that the breastfeeding be established with legal certainty, and that it be five breastfeedings or more within the two-year period, while you were a minor within that two-year period, and that the breastfeedings be five or more.
If this is not established, then they are not your siblings, and they are not prohibited relatives for you. If they are daughters, no, because it is obligatory to exercise caution in these matters and to stay away from the causes of fitnah (trial, discord or temptation). If the legal breastfeeding is not established, then they are not your siblings.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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