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785109/07/2010

Can he marry a girl whose maternal uncle was breastfed with his oldest brother?

Question: 150244

There is a young man who wants to propose to a girl. He found out that his oldest brother through his father was breastfed with the maternal uncle of the girl. Is he also regarded as a brother (to that uncle) which would mean that the girl is regarded as his sister’s daughter? Is it permissible for him to propose to her or not?.

Praise be to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah and his family.

It is permissible for this young man to propose to the girl
mentioned, because there is no impediment to doing so. The fact that his
brother was breastfed with the girl’s maternal uncle does not have any
ramifications, not even with her sisters if there are any. The prohibition
affects the one who was breastfed (which in this case is his brother) and
anyone else who was breastfed by the same woman. 

The young man mentioned here is not one of these people. 

With regard to the older brother, if he was breastfed by the
grandmother of the girl, then he is a maternal uncle to her through
breastfeeding. 

And Allah knows best.

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