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Suckling OnceOr Twice Does Not Make(Marriage) Unlawful

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Darussalam · Volume 3

9. The Chapters On Marriage

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الحديث: 1940 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 624

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1940. It was narrated that Umm Fadl said that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "Breastfeeding once or twice, or suckling once or twice, does not make (marriage) unlawful." (Sahih)

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1940 - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بِشْرٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي الْخَلِيلِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ، أَنَّ أُمَّ الْفَضْلِ، حَدَّثَتْهُ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، قَالَ: «لَا تُحَرِّمُ الرَّضْعَةُ وَلَا الرَّضْعَتَانِ، أَوِ الْمَصَّةُ وَالْمَصَّتَانِ»

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Some of the scholars understood from this Hadith that three cases of suckling establish the rules of fosterage, i.e. the relationship of fosterage is established. But the truth is that the fosterage is proven by suckling five times. As the saying of 'Aishah ﷺ is narrated in Sahih Muslim that the first rule of suckling regarding the prohibition of marriage, revealed in the Qur'an, was of suckling ten times; later it was abrogated and the rule of fosterage prohibition due to suckling five times was revealed.