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Is it permissible for a woman from the People of the Book to breastfeed a Muslim child if the mother has a health problem, or simply as a donation from a Christian (or Jewish) neighbor?

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Breastfeeding by a disbelieving woman is disliked (makrooh), but necessities permit disliked acts. So, if there is a necessity, then there is no harm in it.

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