A Muslim woman may breastfeed a Christian child
Question: 13534
Can a Muslim woman breastfeed a Christian child? And can a Christian woman breastfeed a Muslim child? What is the Islamic ruling on this child if breastfeeding takes place?.
Praise be to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah and his family.
It is permissible for a Muslim woman to breastfeed a
Christian child and it is permissible for a Christian woman to breastfeed a
Muslim child, because the basic principle is that that is permitted, and
there is no evidence to the contrary. Rather that is a form of kind
treatment and Allaah has decreed kind treatment in all things. It is proven
that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “In
every living being there is reward.”
Secondly: if breastfeeding takes place, then the Islamic
ruling on each of them is not altered by this breastfeeding. Whoever was a
Muslim before breastfeeding remains a Muslim afterwards and whoever was a
Christian remains a Christian.
May Allaah send
blessings and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad and his family and
companions.
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