Fatwa: # 19773
Category: Marriage
Country: United States
Date: 18th February 2012

Title

Is it permissible to marry the daughter of my cousin who was breastfed by my grandmother in addition to myself?

Question

Is it permissible to marry the daughter of my cousin who was breastfed by my grandmother in addition to myself?

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

 As-salāmu `alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

The relationship between you and your cousin is that of “foster brother and sister”[1], since your grandmother is also your foster mother. It is not permissible for one to marry the daughter of one’s foster sister.[2] 

The above ruling will not differ whether the daughter of one’s foster sister was suckled by one’s foster mother or not.

And Allah knows best. 

Moulana Ismail Desai,
Durban, South Africa
Student Darul Iftaa

Checked and Approved 
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
daruliftaa.net


 هو مص من ثدي ادمية. رد المحتار. ص 209/ ج 3. ايج ايم سعيد.[1]

قليل الرضاع و كثيره سواء في مدة الرضاع. الهداية. كتاب الرضاع. ص 369/ ج 2.رحمانية.

 

2 فالرضاع في ايجاب الحرمة كالنسب و الصهرية.و الاصل فيه قوله عليه السلام " يحرم من الرضاع ما يحرم من النسب". المحيط

البرهاني. ص 93/ ج 4. ادارة.

و ما يتعلق به التحريم في النسب يتعلق به في الرضاع. المرجع السابق.

ان الحرمة بسبب الرضاع معتبرة بحرمة النسب. رد المحتار. ص 213/ ج 3. ابج ايم سعيد.

قليل الرضاع و كثيره سواء اذا حصل في مدة الرضاع يتعلق به التحربم. الهداية. كتاب الرضاع. ص 369/ ج 2. رحمانية.

يحرم من الرضاع ما يحرم من النسب. الهداية. ص 327/ ج 2. رحمانية.

و يحرم من الرضاع ما يحرم من النسب الا ام الاخ و اخت الابن. مجمع البحرين و ملتقي النيرين. ص 513.العلمية.

و لا ببنات اخته. الهداية. ص 327/ ج 2. رحمانية.

المحرم من لا يجوز له مناكحتها علي التابيد بقرابة او رضاع او مصاهرة.البحر الراءق.551/2.

 

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