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Is it permissible to adopt Ibn Taymiyyah's view concerning the issue of adult suckling in the case of necessity for this maternal aunt who has raised the child since infancy and wishes to make him mahram to her, and how would the suckling be and how many times?

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A man who was raised by a woman is not her mahram, and it is impermissible for him to be in seclusion with her. The suckling of an adult does not establish mahramiyyah according to the majority of jurists. If he is a student of knowledge, he may adopt the opinion of Ibn Taymiyyah if it becomes clear to him that it is stronger. If he is a layperson, he may emulate someone whose knowledge he trusts. The manner of adult suckling is by expressing the milk into a container and drinking it several times. One suckling is counted by him taking the breast and then letting go.

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