Can a child drink the breastmilk of a non-Muslim?

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Assalam alikom. When my twin sons were born, my wife didn’t produce enough breast milk to feed them both. So she fed one child, and the other child was fed by our non-Muslim neighbour. Will raza’at be established by drinking the milk of a Kaafir?

Ibn Aḥsan · Accepted Answer

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

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

In principle, it is permissible to feed a child the breast milk of a non-Muslim. If a child is suckled by a non-Muslim, the woman will become the maḥram of the child, and all rules of raḍā`ah (breastfeeding) will apply.[1]

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Ibn Aḥsan

Student - Darul Iftaa

New York, USA

Checked and Approved by,

Mufti Ebrahim Desai.

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