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Is it permissible to marry the daughter of the elder maternal uncle, knowing that the grandmother (mother's mother) breastfed the questioner once – it is probable that it was not a full feeding – on his younger maternal uncle, and no one witnessed his breastfeeding from the grandmother except the questioner's mother, and the elder maternal uncle (the fiancée's father) doubts that the breastfeeding occurred?

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The jurists have differed regarding the number of sucklings that establish prohibition [of marriage]. The preponderant opinion for us is that prohibition is not established except by five sucklings, and this is affirmed by the statement of a single woman. Based on this, the daughter of the maternal uncle does not become unlawful [to marry] by a single suckling. However, it is more cautious not to marry her, in order to avoid the disagreement.

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