The Ruling on Suckling from Milk Collected in a Hospital

Question

It is impossible to find out whose milk has been collected in a hospital, because it is not possible to distinguish, in the milk collected in the hospital and in mixed milk, which woman it belongs to. In such a case, is it permissible to give it to a child to drink or not? Likewise, if a child has been given it to drink, will the suckling period be established or not? Kindly shed light on this matter; it will be a favour.

Answer

As long as it is not known specifically that this girl drank the milk of such-and-such a woman, no ruling of prohibition by suckling will be given with respect to any boy. In “Fatawa Qadi Khan”: [ar]صَبِيَّةٌ أَرْضَعَهَا قَوْمٌ كَثِيرٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْقَرْيَةِ، أَقَلُّهُمْ أَوْ أَكْثَرُهُمْ، لَا يُدْرَى مَنْ أَرْضَعَهَا، وَأَرَادَ وَاحِدٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْقَرْيَةِ أَنْ…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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