Majmu' al-FatawaIbn Taimiya

He—may Allah have mercy on him—was asked:

“A man married a woman and had several children with her. Recently, someone who had a dispute with the wife came forward and told her husband, ‘This woman to whom you are married drank your mother’s milk.’”

He replied:

If this man is known to be truthful, knows the matter he reports, and states that she was breastfed by the husband’s mother on five occasions within the first two years of life, his statement is to be accepted in this matter. Otherwise, accepting it is not obligatory, even if he witnessed the breastfeeding. And Allah knows best.

He—may Allah have mercy on him—was asked:

“A man, when he was a small child, was breastfed by a woman alongside a daughter of hers. This daughter has younger sisters. Are any of them forbidden to him in marriage?”

He replied:

If he was breastfed by a woman on five occasions within the first two years of life, he becomes her son through breastfeeding. All her children, whether born before or after that breastfeeding, are his siblings. This, too, is a matter of consensus among Muslims.

وَسُئِلَ - رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ -: عَنْ رَجُلٍ تَزَوَّجَ بِامْرَأَةِ؛ وَوُلِدَ لَهُ مِنْهَا أَوْلَادٌ عَدِيدَةٌ فَلَمَّا كَانَ فِي فِي هَذِهِ الْمُدَّةِ حَضَرَ مَنْ نَازَعَ الزَّوْجَةَ وَذَكَرَ لِزَوْجِهَا أَنَّ هَذِهِ الزَّوْجَةَ فِي عِصْمَتِك شَرِبَتْ مِنْ لَبَنِ أُمِّك؟ فَأَجَابَ: إنْ كَانَ هَذَا الرَّجُلُ مَعْرُوفًا بِالصِّدْقِ وَهُوَ خَبِيرٌ بِمَا ذَكَرَ وَأَخْبَرَ أَنَّهَا رَضَعَتْ مِنْ أُمِّ الزَّوْجِ خَمْسَ رَضَعَاتٍ فِي الْحَوْلَيْنِ: رُجِعَ إلَى قَوْلِهِ فِي ذَلِكَ؛ وَإِلَّا لَمْ يَجِبْ الرُّجُوعُ؛ وَإِنْ كَانَ قَدْ عَايَنَ الرَّضَاعَ. وَاَللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ. وَسُئِلَ - رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ -: عَنْ رَجُلٍ ارْتَضَعَ مِنْ امْرَأَةٍ وَهُوَ طِفْلٌ صَغِيرٌ عَلَى بِنْتٍ لَهَا؛ وَلَهَا أَخَوَاتٌ أَصْغَرُ مِنْهَا: فَهَلْ يَحْرُمُ مِنْهُنَّ أَحَدٌ أَمْ لَا؟ فَأَجَابَ: إذَا ارْتَضَعَ مِنْ امْرَأَةٍ خَمْسَ رَضَعَاتٍ فِي الْحَوْلَيْنِ صَارَ ابْنًا لِتِلْكَ الْمَرْأَةِ فَجَمِيعُ الْأَوْلَادِ الَّذِينَ وُلِدُوا قَبْلَ الرَّضَاعِ؛ وَاَلَّذِينَ وُلِدُوا بَعْدَهُ: هُمْ إخْوَةٌ لِهَذَا الْمُرْتَضِعِ بِاتِّفَاقِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ أَيْضًا.

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