Back to search
The question

My cousin is a brother to my sister through رضاعة (radha'ah, i.e., breastfeeding). So, is he considered a brother to me and a محرم (mahram, i.e., an unmarriageable kin with whom one may be alone) to me?

Share this answer

Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Sep 2, 20261 min readAlso available in العربية
The answer

Your male cousin (son of your paternal uncle) is not a to you, whether he is a full brother to your sister through suckling (radāʿah) or a suckling-brother to your full sister. Mahramiyyah (the state of being an unmarriageable kin) is established if you suckle from the milk of his mother or father, or if he suckles from the milk of your mother or father, or if both of you suckle from one woman, or if one of you suckles from milk that would establish mahramiyyah for the other. The suckling that establishes prohibition (of marriage) is five full sucklings.

Summary from Ftawy's records · added here

Reviewed by El Fatwa's sharia committee.

Read the full answer on Ftawy
Where this answer came from
Source platform
Ftawy
Original fatwa ID
101888
Added here
. This is when the answer was added to El Fatwa, not the fatwa's date.
Text
Summary from Ftawy's records, reviewed by El Fatwa's sharia committee.
Read the full ruling
Read the full answer on Ftawy