Marrying one's foster aunt
Question
There's a girl and we like each other. Finally we decided to get married.
The question is, she's a sister of my aunty (chachi) (my father's brother wife) and my aunty (chachi) is my foster mother as she fed me breast milk two times only while I was 18 months old.
So am I allowed to get married to her sister or not?
Answer
You are not allowed to marry your foster mother's sister as she is your foster aunt.
And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.
- Answered by
- Mufti Zakaria Makada
- Checked & approved by
- Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
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