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Answers: 20Breast Feeding
- Inheritance is not connected to breastfeeding
- Rulings and Medical Benefits of Breastfeeding in IslamBreastfeeding in Islam is a proven right of the infant and must be provided for him by the one whose duty it is to do so. The scholars agree on the effects of breastfeeding in establishing the prohibition on marriage.189,320
- It is permissible for the husband of the wet-nurse to marry the mother of the infant7,466
- Breastfeeding does not affect the collateral relatives of the one who is breastfed5,275
- He was breast-fed by the wife of his maternal uncle; can he or his brother marry any of her daughters?5,606
- How to Establish a Mahram Relationship by BreastfeedingBreastfeeding establishes a Mahram relationship if it meets two conditions: 1- There must be five or more breastfeedings, and no less than that; 2- The breastfeeding must occur within the time when the infant is usually nourished by breastfeeding. However, Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal states that the Mahram relationship is established if the child is breastfed within the first two years.61,772
- Ruling on giving the infant food other than his mother’s milk after the sixth month32,248
- The mahram relationship is not established if there is any doubt about the number of breastfeedings10,106
- A woman who is well-known for lying testified that she breast-fed the one who wants to propose to her; should her word be accepted?11,583
- He was breastfed by his maternal grandmother, along with his maternal cousin; what is the ruling?16,187
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