Combining the Verse on Completing Breastfeeding with the Hadith of the Women Who Withhold Their Children’s Milk
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Question:
Also, his question says: How do we reconcile the statement of Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He,[Al-Baqarah 2:233], which is evidence that breastfeeding for two years is not obligatory, with the hadith narrated by Ibn Khuzaymah and Ibn Hibban, authenticated by al-Hakim and approved by al-Dhahabi, and authenticated by al-Albani, and then it went on to say, Al-Mustadrak lil-Hakim 16:40 women whose breasts are bitten by snakes As-Sunan al-Kubra lil-Nasa'i 13:815 who withhold their children’s milk, and its apparent meaning is prohibition?
Answer:
The child nurses as long as he needs to nurse and lives on nursing. When he no longer needs nursing because he eats food, he is weaned at that time,Sahih al-Bukhari 2647 as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said. Yes.
Also, his question says: How do we reconcile the statement of Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He,
for whoever wishes to complete the nursing [period]
لِمَنْ أَرَادَ أَن يُتِمَّ الرَّضَاعَةَand then it went on to say, when
ثم انطلق بي، فإذاI said: Who are these? He said: These are
قلت من هؤلاء؟ قال هؤلاءAnswer:
The child nurses as long as he needs to nurse and lives on nursing. When he no longer needs nursing because he eats food, he is weaned at that time,
as fostership is only valid if it takes place in the suckling period (before two years of age).
إنما الرضاعة من المجاعة
Source
قناة «مكة و المدينة»، 07 / فتاوى على الهواء - 20 02 1437هـ _ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (13:23)
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