Source: Fatāwā Amunpuri by Shaykh Ghulām Muṣṭafā Ẓahīr Amn Pūrī
✿ Question:
If a baby only latched onto the breast without actually drinking milk, does that establish the prohibition of Riḍāʿah (milk kinship)?
✿ Answer:
The prohibition through Riḍāʿah is only established after a minimum of five feedings.
Simply latching on or suckling once or twice does not establish the prohibition.
❀ Evidence:
Sayyidah ʿĀ’ishah رضي الله عنها narrated:
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لا تُحرِمُ المصَّةُ ولا المصَّتانِ
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“One or two sucklings do not establish the prohibition of Riḍāʿah.”
📚 Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim: 1450
✔ Summary:
✦ At least five full breastfeeding sessions are required to establish the prohibition of Riḍāʿah.
✦ Mere suckling once or twice or just latching the mouth onto the breast is not sufficient to make the child maḥram (non-marriageable kin).
