Al-Kāfi - The Book of Marriage

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Marriage Chapter: Limits of Breastfeeding to Take Effect َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَ٠ُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ وَهْبٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ زُرَارَةَ قَالَ قُلْتُ لأبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) إِنَّا أَهْلُ بَيْتٍ كَبِيرٍ فَرُبَّ٠َا كَانَ الْفَرَحُ وَالْحَزَنُ الَّذِي يَجْتَ٠ِعُ فِيهِ الرِّجَالُ وَالنِّسَاءُ فَرُبَّ٠َا اسْتَحْيَتِ الْ٠َرْأَةُ أَنْ تَكْشِفَ رَأْسَهَا عِنْدَ الرَّجُلِ الَّذِي بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَهُ الرَّضَاعُ وَرُبَّ٠َا اسْتَخَفَّ الرَّجُلُ أَنْ يَنْظُرَ إِلَى ذَلِكَ فَ٠َا الَّذِي يُحَرِّ٠ِنَ الرَّضَاعِ فَقَالَ ٠َا أَنْبَتَ اللَّحْ٠َا الَّذِي يُنْبِتُ اللَّحْ٠َ فَقَالَ كَانَ يُقَالُ عَشْرُ رَضَعَاتٍ قُلْتُ فَهَلْ يُحَرِّ٠ُ عَشْرُ رَضَعَاتٍ فَقَالَ دَعْ ذَا وَقَالَ ٠ِنَ النَّسَبِ فَهُوَ ٠9.

Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Ali ibn al-Hakam from Mu‘awiyah ibn Wahab from ‘Ubayd ibn Zurarah who has said the following: “I once said to abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), ‘I belong to a large family. On different occasions of happiness and sorrow during which men and women come together women feel shy removing their head scarf before men between whom there is breastfeeding relationship or men fear looking to that, so who becomes unlawful because of breastfeeding.

He (the Imam) said, ‘It is what grows flesh and blood.’ I then asked, ‘What grows flesh and blood?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘It has been said that it is ten times breastfeeding.’ I then asked, ‘Does ten times bring unlawfulness?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Leave that alone.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Whoever is unlawful for marriage because of being a relative becomes unlawful because of breastfeeding.’” صحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (0/208))