The Duration of Breastfeeding for the Newborn
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Question:
Muhammad from Ha'il is with us on the line. Peace be upon you. And upon you be peace. So, my question is based on the Qur'an. Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Baqarah 2:233]. Is it permissible to breastfeed for more than two years, O Shaykh? Because I remember that forty years ago, they would stop it at two years. And is the woman who does not breastfeed her son now without an excuse having violated the verse, and does she have a sin upon her?
Answer:
Yes, the duration of breastfeeding is two complete years for one who wishes to complete the breastfeeding. As long as the newborn is not nourished except by milk, he is breastfed with milk. When he reaches two years, he is weaned, if he has become independent of breastfeeding by eating food. He is weaned upon the completion of the two years. Yes.
Muhammad from Ha'il is with us on the line. Peace be upon you. And upon you be peace. So, my question is based on the Qur'an. Allah the Exalted said:
Mothers may breastfeed their children two complete years
وَالْوَالِدَاتُ يُرْضِعْنَ أَوْلَادَهُنَّ حَوْلَيْنِ كَامِلَيْنِAnswer:
Yes, the duration of breastfeeding is two complete years for one who wishes to complete the breastfeeding. As long as the newborn is not nourished except by milk, he is breastfed with milk. When he reaches two years, he is weaned, if he has become independent of breastfeeding by eating food. He is weaned upon the completion of the two years. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 1546 - مدة رضاع المولود - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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