Is the husband of the woman who breastfed my wife considered a mahram to my wife? And is it permissible to be married to one of the daughters of the wet nurse and my wife at the same time?
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If a woman breastfeeds your wife five times or more within the two-year period, your wife becomes her daughter through breastfeeding. If the milk was due to your wife's husband, then the breastfeeding woman's husband becomes your wife's father through breastfeeding.
If paternity through breastfeeding is established, then you are not permitted to be married to both your wife and her sister through breastfeeding, due to the Prophet's (peace be upon him) saying: "What is prohibited by lineage is prohibited by breastfeeding."
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