Is age considered in breastfeeding, and what is the stronger position on this?
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The questioner : Is there not a condition regarding age?
The Shaykh : As for age, some scholars hold that the determining factor is two years.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Some hold that the determining factor is weaning. So if the child is weaned, even before the two years are up, and he begins to subsist on food and drink, his breastfeeding has no effect. And if he is not weaned, even if he passes the two years, his breastfeeding is considered. Some of them limit it to the two years, saying that the two years are more precise, because in the first case, it may be hidden whether he is weaned or not.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And this is the case, and the two years are more precise, and Allah knows best.
The Shaykh : As for age, some scholars hold that the determining factor is two years.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Some hold that the determining factor is weaning. So if the child is weaned, even before the two years are up, and he begins to subsist on food and drink, his breastfeeding has no effect. And if he is not weaned, even if he passes the two years, his breastfeeding is considered. Some of them limit it to the two years, saying that the two years are more precise, because in the first case, it may be hidden whether he is weaned or not.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And this is the case, and the two years are more precise, and Allah knows best.