QUESTION:
A woman (Aa’isha) has a son (Bakr) and a daughter (Fatima). If she breastfed Fatima a couple of years prior, and then breastfed Bakr at the same time as she breastfed her husband’s sister’s sons (i.e. her husbands nephews – Zaid & Amr), will Zaid and Amr be milk siblings to Fatima?
ANSWER:
All the children breastfed by Aisha will be milk siblings to each other, irrespective of when she fed them. They cannot marry each other.
وَأما التَّحْرِيم بِسَبَب الرَّضَاع فَنَقُول كل من يحرم من الْفرق السَّبع بِسَبَب الْقَرَابَة يحرم بِسَبَب الرَّضَاع قَالَ الله تَعَالَى {وأمهاتكم اللَّاتِي أرضعنكم وأخواتكم من الرضَاعَة} وَقَالَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَام يحرم من الرَّضَاع مَا يحرم من النّسَب (تحفة الفقهاء ص124 ج2)
ALLAH TA’ALA ALONE IN HIS INFINITE KNOWLEDGE KNOWS BEST!
ANSWERED BY:
Mufti Mohammed Desai Saheb
Date: 04 Rabi-ul-Awwal 1446 / 08 September 2024
