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Al-Mughni by Ibn Qudama - Edited by Al-Turki
Volume 11 · Page 332Section

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And her marriage is rescinded. If the husband of the young girl had consummated the marriage with the adult woman, she becomes forbidden to him, and her marriage is rescinded; otherwise, she does not.

Section: If the daughter of the adult woman breastfeeds the young girl, the ruling regarding prohibition and rescission is the same as if the adult woman had breastfed her, because she has become her grandmother. The recourse for the dowry is against the nursing woman who corrupted the marriage. If the mother of the adult woman breastfeeds her, both of their marriages are rescinded, because they have become sisters. If he had not consummated the marriage with the adult woman, he may marry whichever of them he wishes and has recourse against the nursing woman for half of their dowries. If he had consummated the marriage with the adult woman, he is entitled to the marriage with her, because the young girl has no waiting period ('iddah), but he cannot marry the young girl until the adult woman's waiting period has elapsed, as she has become her sister, and he cannot marry her during her waiting period. The same ruling applies if the grandmother of the adult woman breastfeeds her, because she becomes the paternal or maternal aunt of the adult woman, and combining them is forbidden. The same ruling applies if her sister or her brother's wife breastfeeds her with his milk, because she becomes the daughter of the adult woman's sister or the daughter of her brother. Likewise, if her brother's daughter or her sister's daughter breastfeeds her. None of them becomes forbidden to him forever in any of these cases, because it is a prohibition due to combination, unless the adult woman's daughter breastfeeds her while he has already consummated the marriage with her mother.

Section: Whoever corrupts a woman's marriage through breastfeeding before consummation is liable for half of her dowry. If it occurs after consummation, Ahmad stated that he has recourse against her for the entire dowry. This is the school of al-Shafi'i, because the woman is entitled to the entire dowry from her husband, so he has recourse for what became incumbent upon him, just like the half-dowry in the case of a woman not yet consummated with. The correct view, if Allah the Almighty wills, is that he has no recourse against the nursing woman after consummation for anything, because she did not finalize anything against the husband, nor did she make it incumbent upon him, so he has no recourse against her for anything, just as if she had corrupted her own marriage. Furthermore, if he were entitled to recourse for the dowry after consummation, it would lapse if

Notes

(22) Omitted from: the original, [B]. (23) In [B]: "from them". (24) In [A], [M]: "states". (25) Omitted from: [M].

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