Are the children of the woman who breastfed me considered my siblings, and what is the ruling on greeting them? And will I be an aunt to their children? And is it permissible for my children to marry them, bearing in mind that she breastfed my male cousin and another girl?
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Whoever breastfeeds a child five times or more within two years, that child becomes a sibling to all her children and to those she has breastfed. What is prohibited by lineage is also prohibited by breastfeeding. So, if you were breastfed by a woman five times within two years, all her children and those who were breastfed with them through valid suckling are considered your siblings. Their children are your , and your children are their maternal uncles or aunts.
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