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Is it permissible for the son of Ahmad to marry Su'ad, daughter of Al-Hasan, if the mother of the son of Ahmad breastfed Al-Hasan when she was married to the paternal uncle of the son of Ahmad?

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Whoever was suckled by your mother five times becomes your brother through breastfeeding (radha'a), and his daughter is considered your niece through breastfeeding. Marriage to a niece through breastfeeding is forbidden, due to the saying of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him: "What is forbidden by lineage is also forbidden by breastfeeding."

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