❖ Source:
Fatāwā Amunpuri by Shaykh Ghulam Mustafa Zaheer Amunpuri
❖ Question:
If an elderly woman breastfed a girl, can that girl marry the grandson of the elderly woman?
✿ Answer:
If the breastfeeding (raḍāʿah) is established, then such a marriage is impermissible.
The girl becomes a milk-aunt (raḍāʿī phuphī) to the grandson of the elderly woman.
Just as marrying a biological paternal aunt is prohibited, similarly, marrying a milk-aunt is also prohibited.
Because in Islamic law:
“Whatever relation is ḥarām through lineage (nasab) is also ḥarām through breastfeeding (raḍāʿah).”
❖ Quranic Evidence:
وَعَمَّاتُكُمْ
﴿النساء: 23﴾
Translation:
“And your paternal aunts are (also) forbidden to you (for marriage).”
[Surah An-Nisā’: 23]
This ruling includes both biological and milk-aunts.
Summary:
- The girl who drank milk from the elderly woman becomes a milk-aunt to her grandchildren.
- Therefore, marriage between that girl and the grandson of the elderly woman is not permissible.
- Milk-kinship (raḍāʿah) establishes the same marital prohibitions as blood relations (nasab)
