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in building his body; milk, as it is known, is the main factor for
a baby's growth and building up his bones. particularly in the early
months of his life. Accordingly, such a breast feeding woman becomes
similar to the baby's real mother, and she must be respected, honoured.
just like the real mother* Al-Fakhr Al-Razi-stated that "if a woman
breast feds a baby. a part of the baby's body becomes a part of her
body; it is her milk which builds up the baby's body. So, in this
regard, she is like the baby's real mother who gave birth to the baby.
Accordingly, the daughters of such breast feeding women become like
the baby's sisters; all their bodies originate in the same woman
because she fed all of them on her milk.
3. Temporary prohibitions that ease once the reasons behind it are
removed, apply to many kinds of woman. Among those are:
(i) The prohibition known as combining Al-Ma-barim. Examples of
these prohibitions are a man's getting married to a woman and her
sister, aunt or sister's daughter. As the Qurlan says:
"And two sisters in wedlock at one and the same time
except for what is past; for God is oft forgiving,
most merciful. " 2
In the tradition, UmHabibctnarrated, I said, IT Allah's Apostlel
Marry my sister the daughter of AbU SufyZ1.11 He said, "Do you like
that ? 11 1 said, "Yes, for even now I am not your only wife; and the
most beloved person to share the good with me is my sister. " The
Prophet said, "But that is not lawful for me (i. e. to be married to
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two sisters at a time Another Hadith was narrated by Jabir
Allah's Apostle forbade that a woman should be married to a man
: along with her paternal or maternal auntOll
1. See ialih
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Suic; %, Aowa'Ala Nezl,. am al-ýUsrah fi al IslZn (Lights on tht
Family$ s*Styud-Utein Islam), p. 115
2. Q. 4,23
3. See Sahih al-Bukhari, op. cit., P. 25
4, Ibid
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