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Is a man required to divorce his wife after 20 years and having 5 children, if it becomes apparent that he was breastfed by her mother?

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If it is established that a man has been suckled by his wife's mother five times or more, then he becomes a brother to his wife through suckling, and he must separate from her; because suckling prohibits what lineage prohibits. If there is doubt about the number of sucklings, he should separate from her as a precaution. In both cases, the children are attributed to him.

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