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What is the ruling on purchasing milk from milk banks that buy milk from mothers and sell it to those who need it?

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It is forbidden and impermissible to establish a human milk bank in this manner, because the mothers' milk will be mixed, and it will not be known who the [biological] mother is. Islamic Sharia prohibits through suckling what is prohibited through lineage. However, if the milk is from non-human sources, there is no objection to it.

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