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Marrying one’s foster sister’s daughter

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Q: I love a girl who is my mother’s sister’s daughter’s daughter. We both love each other for the last 4-5 years and we want to marry each other as per Islamic law. But there is a problem that in my childhood, I was breastfed by my mother’s sister. So can our nikah take place or not.

Bismillaah

A: No, it is not permissible.

And Allah Ta’ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

Answered by:

Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)

This answer was collected from MuftiOnline.co.za, where the questions have been answered by Mufti Zakaria Makada (Hafizahullah), who is currently a senior lecturer in the science of Hadith and Fiqh at Madrasah Ta’leemuddeen, Isipingo Beach, South Africa.

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