Prohibition by Suckling When the Milk Has Ceased for Seven Years

Question

A woman named Fatima states: “For about seven years no child has been born to me, nor did milk come from my breast. Out of necessity my brother-in-law’s little girl, named Raja, who was then under two and a half years old, sucked my breasts once or twice, but nothing came out of my breasts.” Raja’s mother objected to Fatima Bibi at that very time against doing this, on the grounds that at some time they might marry their sons and daughters to one another.

Answer

Since the descent of milk into the throat is not established — because there was no milk in the breast at all — prohibition by suckling is not established either; therefore there is no need to hesitate over this nikah: [ar]امْرَأَةٌ كَانَتْ تُعْطِي ثَدْيَهَا صَبِيَّةً، وَاشْتَهَرَ ذَلِكَ بَيْنَهُمْ، ثُمَّ تَقُولُ: وَلَمْ يَكُنْ فِي ثَدْيِي لَبَنٌ حِينَ أَلْقَمْتُهَا ثَدْيِي،…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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