Forgiving (bestowing) the milk on a deceased infant

Question

In some places here there is a custom that, when a small nursing infant dies, the mother “forgives” (bestows) her milk on the deceased child — the so-called “forgiving the milk”. What is the origin of this, and how far does it have a basis in the Shari‘a?

Answer

This “forgiving of the milk” has no basis in the Shari‘a.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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