2528. If a woman suckles a child with the conditions which will be mentioned in rule 2538, that child becomes ma¦ram to the following persons:
1. The woman herself and she is known as his nursing mother.
2. Her husband who is the cause of the milk, and he is called the nursing father.
3. The father and mother of the woman and all parental generations upwards, even if they are nursing mothers and fathers.
4. The children who were born to the woman, and those that are born later.
5. The offspring of the woman’s children and all the generations downwards, regardless of whether they are born of her children, or her children have suckled them.
6. The sisters and brothers of that woman even if they are nursing sisters and brothers, meaning that they have become sisters and brothers due to nursing from the same woman.
7. The paternal uncles and the paternal aunts of that woman even though they maybe uncles and aunts due to nursing.
8. The maternal uncles and the maternal aunts of that woman even though they may be uncles and aunts due to nursing.
9. The descendants of the husband of that woman who is the cause of the milk, however much lower they may go in his line of descendants, even though they may be his nursing children.
10. The father and mother of the woman’s husband, and all the generations upwards, even though they may be his nursing parents.
11. The sisters and brothers of the woman’s husband (who is the cause of the milk), even though they may be his nursing sisters and brothers.
12. The paternal uncle and the paternal aunt and the maternal uncle and maternal aunty of her husband (who is the cause of the milk), and all generations upwards, even though they may be his nursing uncles and aunts.
They are some other people who become ma¦ram to the person on account of suckling milk, and their details will be elaborated in subsequent articles.
2529. If a woman suckles a child with the conditions which will be mentioned in article 2538, the father of that child cannot marry the biological daughters of that woman. It is permissible for him to marry her nursing daughters, although the recommended precaution is that he should not marry them. Moreover, he also cannot marry the biological and nursing daughters of her husband. In both cases, if any one of them is his wife at present his marriage becomes void.
2530. If a woman suckles a child with the conditions mentioned in rule 2538, the husband of that woman, who is the cause of the milk, does not become ma¦ram to the sisters of that child. The recommended precaution is that he should not marry them. Furthermore, the relatives of the husband do not become ma¦ram to the sister and brother of that child.
2531. If a woman suckles a child, she will not become ma¦ram to the brothers of that child. Moreover, the relatives of the woman will not become ma¦ram to the sisters and brothers of the nursed child.
2532. If a person marries a woman who has suckled a girl fully, and if he has had intercourse with the woman, he can no longer marry that girl.
2533. If a person marries a girl, he cannot marry the woman who has fully suckled the girl.
2534. A man cannot marry a girl who has been fully suckled by his mother or grandmother. Moreover, if his father’s wife nurses a girl from the milk that is of his father, he cannot marry the nursed girl. If a person forms a marriage contract with a suckling girl, and thereafter, his mother or his grandmother suckles the girl, the marriage contract will be void. The same will apply if his father’s wife suckles her from the milk that is of his father.
2535. A man cannot marry a girl who has been suckled fully by his sister, or his brother’s wife from the milk that is of his brother. The same will apply if the girl is suckled by the man’s niece or the granddaughter of his sister or the granddaughter of his brother.
2536. If a woman suckles her granddaughter fully, the daughter will become forbidden for her own husband. The same will apply if she suckles the child of her daughter’s husband from another woman. However if a woman suckles the child of her own son, the wife of her son who is the mother of this child, does not become forbidden for her husband.
2537. If the step-mother of a girl suckles the child of the girl’s husband, with the milk that belongs to the girl’s father, the girl becomes haram for her husband regardless of whether the child is the offspring of that particular girl or of some other woman.
