Q: I wanted advice on how to deal with a situation with my aunt (mothers sister).
A lot of times she breastfeeds very openly (breasts fully uncovered) in front of my brother who is 14 years old. The other day I told her that if she needs to breastfeed then she should go into another room or at least throw on a blanket and she got angry at me and said that it’s comfortable for her and her baby to breastfeed the way she does.
My mother found out about this and said that I should respect my aunt and that it was fine for her to breastfeed like that since my brother is her nephew. Am I in the wrong?
A: What you said is correct. It is not right for a woman to breastfeed in this manner. She should either go into a room and close the door when breastfeeding, or she should cover herself with a sheet and breastfeed the child from beneath the sheet. In this time of fitnah, extra caution should be exercised in this regard.
And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.
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