The Manner of the Five Breast-feedings
Question :
What is the manner of the five breast-feedings by which child becomes a brother to the sons of the breast- feeding woman?
Answer:
The best saying the middle saying is that one breast- feeding is when the breast is taken in his mouth and milk is sucked from it, then he leaves it. Whether he drinks his fill or not, and whether he leaves it himself or the woman removes it from his mouth or transfers him to the other breast. So one breast-feeding is his taking the breast and then leaving it. If he does that five times, the child becomes a son for the breast- feeding woman, even if he was not satisfied by the five feedings and even if it was all in one sitting. It has been said that one breast-feeding is when the child has his fill, but the first saying is more widely known.
Source:
Ibn Jibreen
Fatawa Islamiyah, Vol. 6 Pages 123-124
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