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Foster relationship

· 2 Shaʻban 1436 AH1 min readEnglish

Question

Please explain the issue of milk kinship in Islam. Also explain the fiqh and virtues.

Answer

If a child suckles from a breastfeeding woman during the foster feeding period (i.e. till two years after child birth), then the foster mother, her husband and their ascendants and descendants become mahrams of the breastfeeding child.

And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

Answered by
Mufti Zakaria Makada
Checked & approved by
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
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