The Book of (Nikah) Marriage

The Ndha'a-h (Breast feeding)
* Foster-kinship establishes impediment to
marriage just as the family relationship does.
*
The ridha'ah, or breast feeding that renders the
baby a foster-brother, or foster:sister to the children
of t.he wetnurse are five feedings during t1-te first nvo
years, after which the suckling child is considered as
hers as well as her husband's. Consequently, the
husband's and the wetnurse's mahaarim become the
child's as well. This, however, does not apply to the
child's real parents, nor to his olr'rr brothers and
sis ters.
* The limit of a single feeding: A single feeding is
when the baby sucks the breast in one session
regardless if the session was interrupted by taking a
brearh, boredom, changing the breast, or the like. All
rhis is considered as a single breast feeding.
* Breast-feeding is confirmed by the testimony of
one trustworthy, pious woman, whether she is the
we[nurse herself or not.
* \Vhen a woman breast feeds a baby, helshe
becomes like her olrn child with respect to marriage,l
the permissibility of being in seclusion with her, or
with her daughters. BeLng considered as her chr-ild does
not mean, hon'ever, that she has to maintain the child,
inherir him, or vice t,ersa.
Alimony
It is incumbent on the husbend to pay a-limony
for his wife's mdntenance to cover her basic needs of
meals clothino anr'l lndpinp. Srrch mtintenance
L r v \ r . . ^ r b i
I In this case, the bab, takes thc status of hcr orvn children
rvith regards to marriage,
of her children.
th.rt is, hc/she cannut mrrr) any
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