If You Were Breast-fed by a Woman, it is Forbidden For You to Marry Her Children

Question :

I am a young man who wishes to marry a man's daughter. The problem is that I was breast-fed by the wife of the man along with a daughter, and that daughter who was breast-fed with me has died. After her, the man's wife gave birth to another daughter. Is it permissible for me to marry this daughter or not? Deliver a legal verdict for me and may Allah reward you with goodness.

Answer:

If the wife of the man whose daughter you wish to marry breast-fed you five times or more while you were still in the first two years of life, then she will be your mother through breast-feeding and her husband will be your father through breast-feeding and their daughters will be your sisters. In this case it will not be permissible for you to marry any of them, according to the Words of Allah, Most High in Surat An-Nisa', where He mentions those women whom it is forbidden to marry:
"your foster mothers who suckled you, your foster milk suckling sisters."

And according to the saying of the Prophet ﷺ :
"That which is forbidden due to kinship is forbidden due to breast- feeding."

And it is confirmed from 'A'ishah, may Allah be pleased with her that she said: "It was revealed in the Qur'an that ten known. breast-feedings caused prohibition, then it was abrogated by five known breast-feedings. Then the Prophet ﷺ died and the matter remained thus." Narrated by Muslim in his Sahih and by At-Tirmithi, and the wording is his. And there are other Hadiths on this subject.

However, if the breast-feedings were less than five, or if you were older than two years when you were breast-fed, then the above-mentioned breast-feeding does not bring about prohibi- tion. In that case, the breast-feeding woman will not be a mother to you, nor will her husband be a father to you, and their daughters will not be forbidden to you due to this breast- feeding. This is the most correct saying of the scholars, due to the aforementioned Hadiths and other Hadiths, such as the words of the Prophet ﷺ :
"There is no breast-feeding except in the (first) two years."

And:
"One breast-feeding does not bring about prohibition, nor do two."

And in other Hadiths, as mentioned by the scholars. And Allah is the Granter of success.