Fatwa ID: 03391

Answered by: Maulana Imran Mughal

Question

Suppose a woman has breastfed a child.
1. Now every man this woman marries during her lifetime, will all of them be considered as this child's milk father?
2. If this woman touches a man with desire and hurmat musahara takes place between them. Will this man be considered milk father to that child?

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيْم

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful 

Answer

If a woman has breastfed a child, her husband will be the foster father of that child because he was the reason for her milk. If she marries another man and they consummate the marriage he will be considered the foster father as well.[1]

As for the second query, there are a few types of Hurmat that are established in a few different ways. Hurmat Musaharah is one of these ways and it will be established if she touches a man with desire.[2]

Only Allah SWT knows best

Written by Maulana Imran Mughal

Checked and approved Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah

Darul Ifta Birmingham