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Is it permissible for a mother to breastfeed her child after her husband's death and her marriage to another man?

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It is permissible for a woman to breastfeed her child after the father's death or after her divorce, even if she is married to another man. Indeed, it is legislated for her to do so, and she is commanded to do so, either as an obligation or as a recommendation; for the child is her child in all circumstances. And her breastfeeding him may be obligatory upon her or a right for her, according to the Almighty's saying: "And mothers shall suckle their children."

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