Re: All Things Adoption
If your brother is looking to adopt a new born I greatly recommend that she be breastfed in order for her to become a mahram.
If his wife can’t breastfeed then maybe his sister can do it or another mahram in the family.
Whosoever is a Mahram through the relationship of lineage, will also be considered a Mahram by fosterage.
Allah (S.W.T.) states in the Quran:
“And (prohibited to you in marriage are) your foster-mothers and foster-sisters.” (Surah al-Nisa, 23)
Ibn Abbas (Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him & give him peace) said about Hamza’s daughter: “I am not legally permitted to marry her, as foster relations are treated like blood relations (in marital affairs). She is the daughter of my foster-brother.” (Sahih al-Bukhari, no. 2502)
Remember that the feedings should be a number of five feedings given under the age of 2.
And ALLAH knows best.