What quantity of milk may be taken from a nursing animal?

Chapter on Maintenance of Slaves

Al-Mughni

Book of Maintenance (Nafaqāt)

Book 46 · Issue 5 · Bab 4

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Only the milk surplus beyond what is sufficient for the animal's offspring may be taken. This is because providing for the offspring is an obligation upon the owner, and the mother's milk is created for the offspring, thus resembling the offspring of a female slave.