How many breast-feeds are required for a child from a woman other than his mother, and is a specific age required for the child?
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For fosterage to be prohibiting (of marriage), five full sucklings are required, and the nursing infant must not have exceeded two years of age. The Malikis held that an additional two months are permissible, while Abu Hanifa permitted up to two and a half years.
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