What is the legal consequence if a man's wife nurses his young daughter?

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Al-Mughni

Book of Fosterage (Breastfeeding)

Book 45 · Issue 1 · Bab 1

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If a woman nurses her husband's young daughter, the marriage is invalidated. The daughter becomes forbidden to him, and the wife owes him half of the dowry.