What is the ruling regarding the lineage of a child born to a woman after being impregnated by two men, if that child is then suckled by another infant?
General Chapter
Al-Mughni
Book of Fosterage (Breastfeeding)
Primary text
If two men engage in sexual intercourse with a woman, and she subsequently gives birth to a child, and that child breastfeeds an infant using its milk, the lineage of the suckled infant is established based on the confirmed lineage of the child whose mother was impregnated. If the lineage of the mother's child is confirmed by *Qafah* (anthropological analysis) or other means, the relationship is established. If the *Qafah* attributes the child to both men, the suckled infant becomes their son. The suckled infant is always secondary to the one whose lineage is established through kinship; thus, if the primary claimant is established as related, the suckled infant is likewise related, and if the primary claimant is disproven as related to one, the suckled infant is similarly unrelated to that one, because the relationship stems from the milk ingested. The prohibition (*hurmah*) is a branch derived from the prohibition of the primary relative.