Why Drinking Wife’s Breast Milk is Halal in Islam
C.J Ahmed-10.05.2023
Drinking your wife’s breast milk is nt haram in Islam because there is no single verse in the Quran or authentic hadith to prove that doing so is a sin. Whatever is not forbidden in Islam is halal and silence is from the mercy of Allah (swt).
" The Prophet (sal) said, “Verily Allah has obligated the obligations – so do not neglect them. And He has limited the limits – so do not transgress them. And His silence about things is from His mercy, not forgetfulness, so do not investigate them.”
(Hasan sahih-Ad-Darqutni No. 4/199 and Al-Baihaqi No. 10/122)
Drinking thebreast milk from your wife will not change anything and the laws of suckling only applies to children before the age of weaning.
Umm Salamah narrated that The Messenger of Allah said:
“No prohibition results from suckling except for what penetrates the intestines while on the breast before weaning.” (Tirmidhi-Graded Hasan Sahih by Imam Tirmidhi)
The evidence that a man can drink a womans breast milk is proven from the following hadiths,
Aisha (rali) reported that Salim, the freed slave of Abu Hadhaifa, lived with him and his family in their house. She (i. e. the daughter of Suhail came to Allah's Apostle (sal) and said: Salim has attained (puberty) as men attain, and he understands what they understand, and he enters our house freely, I, however, perceive that something (rankles) in the heart of Abu Hudhaifa, whereupon Allah's Apostle (sal) said to her: suckle him and you would become unlawful for him(become mahram), and (the rankling) which Abu Hudhaifa feels in his heart will disappear. She returned and said: So I suckled him, and what (was there) in the heart of Abu Hudhaifa disappeared."
(Sahih Muslim)
Umm Salama said to 'Aisha (rali): A young boy who is at the threshold of puberty comes to you. I, however, do not like that he should come to me, whereupon 'Aisha (rali) said: Don't you see in Allah's Messenger (sal) a model for you? She also said: The wife of Abu Hudhaifa said: Messenger of Allah, Salim comes to me and now he is a (grown-up) person, and there is something that (rankles) in the mind of Abu Hudhaifa about him, whereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: suckle him (so that he may become your foster-child), and thus he may be able to come to you (freely)."
(Sahih Muslim)
In this hadith the wife of Hudayfah (rali) came and asked the prophet (sal) that Salim (rali) had attained puberty and she mentioned about the practical issue she and her husband where facing in keeping Salim in their house. The prophet (sal) even in such a scenario never forbade Salim (rali) from entering the house of Hudayfah (rali) and his wife. Instead he gave a solution specific to this issue by telling Sahlah (rali) to suckle him so that he can go freely in to their house. In another hadith the prophet (sal) smiled and laughed when advising her to give milk.
Aisha (rali) reported that Sahlah bint Suhail came to Allah's Apostle (sal) and said:
Messenger of Allah, I see on the face of Abu Hudhaifa (signs of disgust) on entering of Salim (who is an ally) into (our house), whereupon Allah's Apostle (sal) said: Suckle him. She said: How can I suckle him as he is a grown-up man? Allah's Messenger (sal) smiled and said: I already know that he is a young man 'Amr has made this addition in his narration that he participated in the Battle of Badr and in the narration of Ibn 'Umar (the words are): Allah's Messenger (sal) laughed."
(Sahih Muslim)
I have a detailed explanation about the above hadiths of salim (rali) nd his adoption. You can read it here https://cjislam.weebly.com/why-adopting-a-child-is-halal-with-4-powerful-solutions.html
It is clear that a husband can drink his wife’s breast milk and it is not haram to do so.
Drinking your wife’s breast milk is nt haram in Islam because there is no single verse in the Quran or authentic hadith to prove that doing so is a sin. Whatever is not forbidden in Islam is halal and silence is from the mercy of Allah (swt).
" The Prophet (sal) said, “Verily Allah has obligated the obligations – so do not neglect them. And He has limited the limits – so do not transgress them. And His silence about things is from His mercy, not forgetfulness, so do not investigate them.”
(Hasan sahih-Ad-Darqutni No. 4/199 and Al-Baihaqi No. 10/122)
Drinking thebreast milk from your wife will not change anything and the laws of suckling only applies to children before the age of weaning.
Umm Salamah narrated that The Messenger of Allah said:
“No prohibition results from suckling except for what penetrates the intestines while on the breast before weaning.” (Tirmidhi-Graded Hasan Sahih by Imam Tirmidhi)
The evidence that a man can drink a womans breast milk is proven from the following hadiths,
Aisha (rali) reported that Salim, the freed slave of Abu Hadhaifa, lived with him and his family in their house. She (i. e. the daughter of Suhail came to Allah's Apostle (sal) and said: Salim has attained (puberty) as men attain, and he understands what they understand, and he enters our house freely, I, however, perceive that something (rankles) in the heart of Abu Hudhaifa, whereupon Allah's Apostle (sal) said to her: suckle him and you would become unlawful for him(become mahram), and (the rankling) which Abu Hudhaifa feels in his heart will disappear. She returned and said: So I suckled him, and what (was there) in the heart of Abu Hudhaifa disappeared."
(Sahih Muslim)
Umm Salama said to 'Aisha (rali): A young boy who is at the threshold of puberty comes to you. I, however, do not like that he should come to me, whereupon 'Aisha (rali) said: Don't you see in Allah's Messenger (sal) a model for you? She also said: The wife of Abu Hudhaifa said: Messenger of Allah, Salim comes to me and now he is a (grown-up) person, and there is something that (rankles) in the mind of Abu Hudhaifa about him, whereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: suckle him (so that he may become your foster-child), and thus he may be able to come to you (freely)."
(Sahih Muslim)
In this hadith the wife of Hudayfah (rali) came and asked the prophet (sal) that Salim (rali) had attained puberty and she mentioned about the practical issue she and her husband where facing in keeping Salim in their house. The prophet (sal) even in such a scenario never forbade Salim (rali) from entering the house of Hudayfah (rali) and his wife. Instead he gave a solution specific to this issue by telling Sahlah (rali) to suckle him so that he can go freely in to their house. In another hadith the prophet (sal) smiled and laughed when advising her to give milk.
Aisha (rali) reported that Sahlah bint Suhail came to Allah's Apostle (sal) and said:
Messenger of Allah, I see on the face of Abu Hudhaifa (signs of disgust) on entering of Salim (who is an ally) into (our house), whereupon Allah's Apostle (sal) said: Suckle him. She said: How can I suckle him as he is a grown-up man? Allah's Messenger (sal) smiled and said: I already know that he is a young man 'Amr has made this addition in his narration that he participated in the Battle of Badr and in the narration of Ibn 'Umar (the words are): Allah's Messenger (sal) laughed."
(Sahih Muslim)
I have a detailed explanation about the above hadiths of salim (rali) nd his adoption. You can read it here https://cjislam.weebly.com/why-adopting-a-child-is-halal-with-4-powerful-solutions.html
It is clear that a husband can drink his wife’s breast milk and it is not haram to do so.