If a child nurses one sip from each of a man's five daughters, does the man become a grandfather to the child, and the daughters become maternal aunts?
General Chapter
Al-Mughni
Book of Fosterage (Breastfeeding)
Primary text
If a man has five daughters who each nurse a child one sip, they do not become the child's mothers. There are two views regarding whether the man becomes a grandfather and the daughters become maternal aunts. One view holds that the man becomes a grandfather and their brother a maternal uncle because the required five nursings were completed from the milk of his daughters or sisters, resembling the case where it comes from one source. The second view holds that these relations are not established because being a grandfather depends on the daughter being a mother, and being an uncle depends on the sister being a mother, and these prerequisites were not established.
Supporting text
The second view is preferred in this instance because the derivative relation is contingent and the preceding relation (motherhood) is not fully met, unlike the previous issue. If the conclusion is that the daughters' brother becomes an uncle, the aunt-ship (khiwalah) is not established for any of the daughters individually because she did not nurse five times from the milk of her sisters. However, prohibition might still apply because five nursings from prohibited milk sources have been gathered.