Is it permissible for a man to marry his wife's paternal aunt (or his father's paternal aunt) through nursing if he was nursed by his paternal aunt?
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Suckling establishes the same prohibitions as lineage, for the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "What is prohibited by lineage is prohibited by suckling." So, if a man suckles from a woman, he becomes a son to her and to her husband. Consequently, he is not permitted to marry his father's paternal aunt from suckling, because she is in the same position as a paternal aunt by lineage. The predominant opinion is that prohibitory suckling requires five known sucklings.
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