❖ Source:
Fatāwā Amunpuri by Shaykh Ghulam Mustafa Zaheer Amunpuri
❖ Question:
My nephew Khaleel drank my mother’s milk. Can I marry him to my daughter?
✿ Answer:
No, this marriage is not permissible.
In this case, Khaleel becomes your milk-brother because he drank your mother’s milk.
Therefore, he is the milk-uncle (raḍāʿī chāchā) of your daughter, and your daughter is his milk-niece (raḍāʿī bhatījī).
Just as a biological uncle cannot marry his niece, likewise, a milk-uncle cannot marry his milk-niece, because:
“Whatever relationship is prohibited through lineage (nasab) is also prohibited through breastfeeding (raḍāʿah).”
❖ Quranic Evidence:
وَبَنَاتُ الْأَخِ
﴿النساء: 23﴾
Translation:
“And (also forbidden to you are) the daughters of your brothers…”
[Surah An-Nisā’: 23]
This ruling includes both biological and milk-nieces.
✅ Summary:
- Khaleel drank your mother’s milk → He becomes your milk-brother.
- Your daughter becomes his milk-niece.
- Nikāḥ between a milk-uncle and milk-niece is ḥarām.
- Marriage prohibitions due to breastfeeding are equal to those due to blood relations.
