What is the ruling regarding someone who suckled from his wife while fondling her after childbirth?
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The scholars disliked a husband suckling his wife's milk. However, if he does so, it does not affect the marriage (); because the suckling of an adult does not prohibit (marriage) according to the majority of scholars, due to the Almighty's saying: "And mothers shall suckle their children for two whole years, for him who desires to complete the suckling," and due to the Prophet's (peace be upon him) saying: "Suckling is only that which satiates hunger." And an adult does not suckle to satiate his hunger.
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