Miscellaneous Queries Related to Fosterage
Question
Q1. If a breastfeeding mother nurses her niece/nephew, does the child become Mahram to all the children she bore, or only the child that was also fed during that period?
Q2. How much milk is required to be fed from each mother to the other child in order for the children to be regarded as foster siblings?
Q3. Can the milk be expressed and fed from a bottle?
Q4. Do the Uncle/Aunt of the fostered child become Mahram based on the above?
Answer
A1. The fed child will become Mahram to all of the children of the foster parents.
A2. Fosterage is established by at least one drop of milk entering the throat of the child during the period of fosterage.
A3. Yes, if the milk is pumped and placed in a bottle, and then the child drinks that milk, fosterage is established.
A4. Yes, the uncle and aunt (maternal and paternal) are Mahram to the breastfed child.
References (Arabic / Urdu sources)
(كِتَابُ الرَّضَاعِ) قَلِيلُ الرَّضَاعِ وَكَثِيرُهُ إذَا حَصَلَ فِي مُدَّةِ الرَّضَاعِ تَعَلَّقَ بِهِ التَّحْرِيمُ كَذَا فِي الْهِدَايَةِ. قَالَ فِي الْيَنَابِيعِ وَالْقَلِيلُ مُفَسَّرٌ بِمَا يُعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ وَصَلَ إلَى الْجَوْفِ كَذَا فِي السِّرَاجِ الْوَهَّاجِ
(الفتاوى الهندية 1/342)
يُحَرَّمُ عَلَى الرَّضِيعِ أَبَوَاهُ مِنْ الرَّضَاعِ وَأُصُولُهُمَا وَفُرُوعُهُمَا مِنْ النَّسَبِ وَالرَّضَاعِ جَمِيعًا حَتَّى أَنَّ الْمُرْضِعَةَ لَوْ وَلَدَتْ مِنْ هَذَا الرَّجُلِ أَوْ غَيْرِهِ قَبْلَ هَذَا الْإِرْضَاعِ أَوْ بَعْدَهُ أَوْ أَرْضَعَتْ رَضِيعًا أَوْ وُلِدَ لِهَذَا الرَّجُلِ مِنْ غَيْرِ هَذِهِ الْمَرْأَةِ قَبْلَ هَذَا الْإِرْضَاعِ أَوْ بَعْدَهُ أَوْ أَرْضَعَتْ امْرَأَةٌ مِنْ لَبَنِهِ رَضِيعًا فَالْكُلُّ إخْوَةُ الرَّضِيعِ وَأَخَوَاتُهُ وَأَوْلَادُهُمْ أَوْلَادُ إخْوَتِهِ وَأَخَوَاتِهِ وَأَخُو الرَّجُلِ عَمُّهُ وَأُخْتُهُ عَمَّتُهُ وَأَخُو الْمُرْضِعَةِ خَالُهُ وَأُخْتُهَا خَالَتُهُ وَكَذَا فِي الْجَدِّ وَالْجَدَّةِ
(الفتاوى الهندية 1/343)
وَكَمَا يَحْصُلُ الرَّضَاعُ بِالْمَصِّ مِنْ الثَّدْيِ يَحْصُلُ بِالصَّبِّ وَالسَّعُوطِ وَالْوَجُورِ كَذَا فِي فَتَاوَى قَاضِي خَانْ.
(الفتاوى الهندية 1/344)
- Answered by
- Mufti Muhammad Isa Ali
- Checked & approved by
- Mufti Yacoob Vally Saheb
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