Nursing Someone’s Child without the Husband’s Permission

Question

A child’s mother is unable to nurse him because of illness, and the father does not even have the means to spend his own money to have him nursed. In this case, is it permissible for this child to drink milk from his own sister or not?

Answer

The sister should nurse this child after obtaining permission from her husband; nursing without the husband’s permission is makruh. But if the child is writhing from hunger and there is fear that he will perish, then in such a state nursing even without the husband’s permission is not makruh: [ar]يُكْرَهُ لِلْمَرْأَةِ أَنْ تُرْضِعَ صَبِيًّا بِلَا إِذْنِ زَوْجِهَا إِلَّا إِذَا…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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