What is the opinion of Sheikh Al-Albani, Ibn Taymiyyah, and the majority of scholars regarding the number of sucklings that establish Mahram status?
Ibn Taymiyyah, may Allah have mercy on him, was of the view that the number of sucklings that establish prohibition is five, based on his comments in his fatwas, which stipulate five sucklings for prohibition. For example, he said: "If a child is suckled by a woman five times during the first two years, he becomes a son to that woman," and "If a child is suckled by a woman five times before completing two years, he becomes her son." He also held that the suckling of an adult establishes prohibition when there is a need. As for Shaykh Al-Albani’s statement regarding the number of sucklings that establish prohibition, we have not found any such statement.
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