If a woman's milk is drawn into a container and she dies, and a child drinks it, does prohibition spread?

General Chapter

Al-Mughni

Book of Fosterage (Breastfeeding)

Book 45 · Issue 6 · Bab 1

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Primary text

Prohibition spreads in this case, according to all who consider wujur (liquid passing the throat without swallowing) to be prohibited. This is the view of Abu Thawr, Al-Shafi'i, the Ra'i scholars, and others. This is because it is the milk of a woman during her lifetime, resembling the situation where she was alive when the child drank it.

Supporting text

If she nursed a child five separate times within two years, she becomes prohibited to him, as well as his sisters from his father (the husband of the wet nurse) and from others, and the daughters of the father of that pregnancy from her and from others. If she nursed a female infant, that infant becomes her daughter and the daughter of her husband because the milk stems from the pregnancy attributed to the man.