Is it permissible to marry a maternal aunt's son who was breastfed non-satiating feeds, but the number of feeds is unknown?
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Prohibition due to breastfeeding is not established except with five satisfying breastfeeds. Doubt regarding the number of breastfeeds does not establish breastfeeding, nor does it spread the prohibition; because the default is the absence of prohibition, and it is not established except with certainty. Therefore, if the maternal aunt is not certain that she breastfed the questioner five satisfying breastfeeds, then the suitor is not considered her brother through breastfeeding, and there is no impediment to her marrying him.
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