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Must the granddaughter, from the grandfather's second wife, observe hijab in front of her maternal uncles (the grandmother's brothers whom she breastfed)?

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Yes, it is permissible for your grandfather's daughter from his second wife not to wear a hijab in front of your mother's maternal uncles because they are her siblings through suckling. If a child suckles from a woman five times or more within the two years of infancy, he becomes a son to the wet nurse and her husband (the owner of the milk). Consequently, all the husband's daughters become sisters to this suckled child. Therefore, the children of the wet-nursing husband's second wife are considered siblings to the suckled child through his father by suckling.

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