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Al-Mughni by Ibn Qudama - Edited by Al-Turki
Volume 11 · Page 314Section

Translation · EN

or wajur (oral administration), or if he was administered sa'ut (5) or wajur (6), and he completed the five [times] with breastfeeding, the prohibition is established, because we have made it like breastfeeding in the origin of prohibition, and thus it is also [the case] in completing the number. If she milked [the milk] into a vessel in one session, then fed it to a boy in five intervals, it is five sucklings; for if he ate from food in five separate sessions (7), he would have eaten five meals. If she milked into a vessel five (8) times in five intervals, then it was fed to him in one session, it would be (9) one suckling, just as if food was placed into one vessel in five intervals, then he ate it in one session, it would be one meal. It was narrated from al-Shafi'i that there is a view in the two scenarios that is the opposite of what we said (10), due to considering [his exit from her; because the consideration] (11) is for the breastfeeding (12), and the wajur is its branch. Our argument is that the consideration is for the boy's drinking of it, because that is what causes the prohibition, and this is why the prohibition is established by it without breastfeeding. If he suckled such that it reached his mouth, then he spat it out, the prohibition is not established; therefore, the consideration is for it [the consumption], and nothing occurred from it except in one session, so it was one suckling. If she fed him at different times, it occurred at five times, so it was five sucklings. As for if she fed him the combined milk one gulp after another consecutively, the apparent statement of (13) al-Khiraqi is that it is one suckling, because he considers five separate sucklings, and because the reference point for the suckling is custom, and they do not count this as [multiple] sucklings; it is similar to if the eater ate food one morsel after another, for that is not counted as [multiple] meals. It is possible for this to be extrapolated based on when the wet-nurse interrupts the breastfeeding, according to what we have previously mentioned.

Section: If the milk is made into cheese and then fed to the child, the prohibition is established by it. This is the view held by

Notes

(5) In [M]: "he was administered sa'ut". (6) In the original: "and he was administered wajur". (7) In [M]: "meals". (8) Omitted from [M]. (9) In [B], there is an addition: "eating it". (10) In [A]: "we said it". (11) Omitted from [M]. (12) In [M]: "by breastfeeding". (13) In the original: "statement".

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