• Social Matters >> Nikah (Marriage)

    Question ID: 35989Country: India

    Title: My parents are suggesting me to get married to my cousin who is mother's brother's daughter and 9 months elder to me, but my mother told me that I drank her mother's milk in my childhood

    Question: My parents are suggesting me to get married to my cousin who is mother's brother's daughter and 9 months elder to me, but my mother told me that I drank her mother's milk in my childhood. Is it possible for me to perform Nikah with her? According to Shariah what is the judgment?

    Answer ID: 35989

    Bismillah hir-Rahman nir-Rahim !

    (Fatwa: 145/121/B=1433) Your nikah with the said girl is not lawful because she is your foster sister. يحرم من الرضاعة ما يحرم من النسب

    Allah (Subhana Wa Ta'ala) knows Best

    Darul Ifta,

    Darul Uloom Deoband, India