Does a child become related (maternal or paternal) if he nurses from the milk of five different women (each providing one nursing instance)?

General Chapter

Al-Mughni

Book of Fosterage (Breastfeeding)

Book 45 · Issue 1 · Bab 1

Open in Qurani

Primary text

If a man has five slave women who nurse a child one sip each, they do not become his maternal figures. The man, whose milk was used, becomes the child's father. This is the position of Ibn Hamid because the child nursed five times from his milk. Paternity is established because the nursing occurred from his milk, not because the wet nurse became his mother.

Supporting text

Another view holds that paternity is not established because the nursing did not establish the mothers, thus paternity is not established, similar to nursing from a man's milk. The primary view is sounder.