The Condition of the Two-Year Period in Breastfeeding and the Hadith of Abu Hudhayfah
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if we say that a condition for the prohibition in breastfeeding is that it occurs within the two-year period, what is the correct answer to what is reported in Sahih Muslim that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to the wife of Abu Hudhayfah regarding her freed slave:
Answer:
Yes, they said that this is a specific incident with no general application, particular to this man only. The evidence is that the Companions did not act upon this, which indicates that it is specific and not general for the Ummah.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if we say that a condition for the prohibition in breastfeeding is that it occurs within the two-year period, what is the correct answer to what is reported in Sahih Muslim that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to the wife of Abu Hudhayfah regarding her freed slave:
“Will you breastfeed him, and will he thereby become forbidden to you?”
أرضعيه تحرمي عليه؟Answer:
Yes, they said that this is a specific incident with no general application, particular to this man only. The evidence is that the Companions did not act upon this, which indicates that it is specific and not general for the Ummah.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 095 من 123 / شرح كتاب زاد المستقنع / الرضاع / صالح الفوزان / الفقه / كبار العلماء — youtube.com (38:51)
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