Does The Milk Taken From “Milk Bank” Establish Milk Kinship? Is The Fact That The Milk In The Milk Bank Is Mixed Change The Ruling?

Does the milk taken from “milk bank” establish milk kinship? Is the fact that the milk in the milk bank is mixed change the ruling?

Just as milk kinship is established upon nursing a baby through breastfeeding, feeding the baby with milk obtained from a woman also leads to milk kinship. Therefore, feeding a baby at the age of breastfeeding with milk obtained from a milk bank also constitutes milk kinship. For this reason, in order to eliminate any confusion and avoid any marriage that is haram in religious terms, it is necessary to ensure that the donors and receivers are registered and one should act responsibly in this matter. The fact that the milk given to milk bank by different women is mixed does not change this judgment. In this situation, milk kinship is established between all the women who gave milk to the bank and all the children who drank the mixed milk (al-Fatawa al-Hindiyyah, I, 377).

Source: Presidency Of Religious Affairs The Turkey, High Board of Religious Affairs FATWA