This Breast-feeding Does not Prohibit Marriage

Question :

I am a young man of sixteen years of age and I want to marry my paternal uncle's daughter, but I have discovered that her younger sister was breast-fed by my elder sister. So is it permissible for me to marry her, bearing in mind that she was not breast-fed by my mother?

Answer :

There is no objection if you marry her, and there is no harm from her younger sister previously being breast-fed by your sister. This is because she is considered to be unrelated, since she was not breast-fed by your mother, and you were not breast-fed by her mother, nor by any of her sisters. So there is no kinship between you. As for her younger sister, she is not permissible for you, nor is she permissible for any of your brothers, since she was breast-fed by your mother, so she has become your sister.

Read more:

The Ruling on Giving an Illegitimate Child in Marriage

Question : A man married his daughter to another, then it became clear that the ...

The Person Who Recites Qur'an in Secret is Like He Who Gives Charity in Secret

Question : All praise is due to Allâh, I recite the Qur'an well, but my problem ...

Blood May Not Be Compared With Milk Regarding the Spreading of Prohibition

Question : If a woman required blood and it was taken from a person unrelated to...

Is There Any Atonement Incumbent Upon Me For This Accident?

Question : Allah, Most Glorified, Most High decreed for me an accident in which ...