The Creed of Compassion-Islamic Teachings & Answering Doctrinal Misconceptions

Issue No. 2109- If a woman suckles an infant under the conditions that will be explained later, the father of that child cannot marry the daughters of that woman nor, as an obligatory precaution, can he marry the daughter of the man to whom the milk belongs. Moreover, the obligatory precaution is that he should not marry the riḍā‘ī daughters of that woman also. However, there is no objection in marrying the riḍā‘ī daughters of that woman from another husband.

Issue No. 2109- If a woman suckles an infant under the conditions that will be explained later, the father of that child cannot marry the daughters of that woman nor, as an obligatory precaution, can he marry the daughter of the man to whom the milk belongs. Moreover, the obligatory precaution is that he should not marry the riḍā‘ī daughters of that woman also. However, there is no objection in marrying the riḍā‘ī daughters of that woman from another husband.

Issue No. 2110- If a woman suckles a child under the conditions that will come later, the husband of that woman to whom the milk is related, does not become maḥram to the sisters of that child, but the recommended precaution is that he should not marry them. Similarly, the relatives of the husband do not become maḥram to the sisters and brothers of the child.

Issue No. 2111- If a woman suckles a child, she does not become maḥram to the brothers of the child, and the relatives of the woman also do not become maḥram to the brothers and sisters of the child.

Issue No. 2112- A person cannot marry a girl suckled fully by that person’s mother, or grandmother. Also, if the wife of one’s father (stepmother) has suckled a child from the milk belonging to his father, he cannot marry that girl.

Issue No. 2113- A person becomes maḥram to a girl suckled fully by his sister or his brother’s wife [by the milk relating to the brother] and he cannot marry her. Similarly, if a child has been suckled by one’s niece (the daughter of one’s brother, or sister), or the granddaughter of one’s brother or sister, he becomes maḥram to that girl and cannot marry her.

Issue No. 2113- A person becomes maḥram to a girl suckled fully by his sister or his brother’s wife [by the milk relating to the brother] and he cannot marry her. Similarly, if a child has been suckled by one’s niece (the daughter of one’s brother, or sister), or the granddaughter of one’s brother or sister, he becomes maḥram to that girl and cannot marry her.

Issue No. 2114- The recommended precaution is that a woman should not fully suckle her own daughter’s child. Similarly, a woman should not fully suckle a child that the husband of her daughter has got from another wife.

Issue No. 2115- There is no problem in a woman suckling the child of her son.

Issue No. 2117- As was said in the previous issue if a child is breastfed by a woman for one day and night, the suckling becomes the cause of being maḥram. In order to become maḥram by suckling it is necessary that the child does not take any food during the one day and night and also does not suck the milk of any other woman. However, if he takes so little food that people do not consider that he has taken food in between, there is no harm in it. Moreover, the child who sucks the milk of one woman fifteen times should not suck the milk of any other woman during these fifteen times, and each time it should suck milk to its fill. Hence, as an obligatory precaution, two times suckling which is incomplete, will be counted neither as two times nor as one.

Issue No. 2118- If a woman suckles several children from the milk of one husband, all of them will be maḥram to one another, and to the woman who has suckled them as well as to her husband. In case a man has more than one wife, and each one of them suckles a child fully, all the children become maḥram to each other as well as to the wives and the husband.

Issue No. 2119- If a woman suckles a baby boy and a baby girl fully by the milk related to one husband, they become maḥram to each other, but their sister and brother won’t become maḥram to each other.