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Is it permissible to marry the sister of one's sister through fosterage?

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A man is permitted to marry the sister of his suckling sister if his sister suckled from his mother, or if she suckled with him from a foreign woman, because the prohibition is restricted solely to the suckling sister. However, if the man suckled from the girl's mother, he becomes a brother to that girl and all her sisters, and therefore it is not permissible for him to marry any of them.

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