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1945. It was narrated from 'Aishah that the Prophet ﷺ entered upon her and there was a man with her. He said: "Who is this?" She said: "This is my brother." He said: "Look at whom you allow to enter upon you, because the breastfeeding (that makes a person Mahram) is that which satisfies hunger." (Sahih)
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The prohibited relation due to fosterage will come about if the child is fostered in the first two years of age; and the child sucked milk five times to the fill; if a child is fostered after the first two years, then this suckling will
not be regarded as a prohibitive one, and it will not establish the relation of fosterage; except for in extreme circumstances.