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This fatwa states that a mother may provide a child who is not her own biological child with her breast milk provided that:

1. she is healthy, both mentally and physically; and
2. she is not pregnant at the time.

Donorship of breast milk is akin to sharing a wet-nurse, meaning that the child recipient becomes an unmarriageable kin (mahram) for the donor's biological children if:

1. the child recipient is between the age of 0-2 years;
2. the identity of the donor is known;
3. the child recipient receives breast milk on at least five occasions; and
4. the breast milk is administered directly from the donor's teat (imtishash) or from a plastic teat.

The fatwa also states that the child recipient need not be Muslim either. The provision and receipt of breast milk may result in the provision of compensation to the donor, but that compensation is not to be commercial in nature, and must be for the purpose of child-rearing, rather than for the sale and purchase of breast milk.