مسائل المنتخبه (Articles Of Islamic Acts) - الخوئي، السيد أبوالقاسم - الصفحة ٥٢٠ - to become his
mehrams on account of the suckling of milk should not marry him and should not look at him as a mehram.
(viii) The child does not complete two years of his age, and, if he is
suckled after he has completed two years of his age, he does not become
the mehram of anyone. And evenif, for example, he sucks milk ( eight
times before completing his two years of his age and sucks it seven
times after completing his two years he does not, even then, becomethe
mehram of anyone. In case, however, more than two years have passed
since a woman gave birth to her child and she is still in a position to
suckle a child and does sucklea child that child will become the mehram
of those who have been mentioned above.
٢٤٨٤. In order to become mehram by sucking milk
it is necessary that the child does not take any food during one day and
night and does not also suck the milk ofany other woman. However, if he
takes so little food that people do not say that he has taken food in
between, there is no harm in it. Moreover, he should suck the milk ofone
woman fifteen times and during these fifteen times he should not suck
the milk of any other woman and should suck milk every time without a
gap. However, if while suckingmilk he takes fresh breath of air or waits
a little so that it is treated to be one suck from the time he takes
the breast in his mouth till the time he has sucked his fillthere is no
harm in it.
٢٤٨٥. If a woman suckles a child with the milk
of her husband and then marries another` man and suckles another child
with the milk of her second husband those twochildren do not become
mehram of each other, although it is better that they do not marry each
other.
٢٤٨٦. If a woman suckles a number of children
with the milk of one husband all of them become mehram of one another as
well as of the husband and of the woman whosuckled them.
٢٤٨٧. If a man has many wives and every one of them suckles