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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The ruling on breastfeeding an adult after the age of two

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The Shaykh: Clear.

The questioner : My teacher. Okay. A second question, my teacher. Please. Ah, I mean, when, my teacher, a child is breastfed by his mother, does it not reach two years, my teacher? Yes. I mean, this, my teacher, is mentioned in the Qur'an that the total, my teacher, that breastfeeding is two years with pregnancy, my teacher, or just breastfeeding?

The Shaykh : Breastfeeding.

The questioner : Breastfeeding. Okay, my teacher. After the two years, if we brought this child after these two years and he was breastfed by a woman.

The Shaykh : It does not establish kinship.

The questioner : It does not have an effect. No. I mean, my teacher, that he would naturally, I mean, not be a brother to the others. I mean, that is the two years in the Qur'an, my teacher?

The Shaykh : No, the Sunnah.

The questioner : Yes?

The presenter : If, my teacher, he would not be, my teacher, from the mahram (a relative one may not marry) or her sisters, I mean. No, may Allah reward you with good.
Source سلسلة الهدى والنور، المجلس 1364 — d3watuna.com (2:02)

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