The ruling on breastfeeding after two years and its effect on the prohibition of marriage
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Question:
The questioner, Abu 'Umar 'Abd al-'Aziz, says: We know that the duration of breastfeeding is two years. Is it sufficient for a child to continue breastfeeding for more than two years? And if that is permissible, what is the available duration after the two years end? Another point, Shaykh: Is one who breastfeeds after the two years, from among the children of a sister, considered a brother through breastfeeding?
Answer:
Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Baqarah 2:233] The breastfeeding that is considered and establishes the prohibition of marriage is what occurs within the two years, and what goes beyond the two years does not establish the prohibition of marriage. Also, if the child has become independent of breastfeeding and has started eating food, he is weaned at the completion of the two years, weaned and restricted to food, because he has no need for milk. However, if he does not eat food and there is fear of harm to him, he is breastfed to the extent of the need, but that does not make him a mahram (a relative one may not marry) like what was before the two years. Yes.
The questioner, Abu 'Umar 'Abd al-'Aziz, says: We know that the duration of breastfeeding is two years. Is it sufficient for a child to continue breastfeeding for more than two years? And if that is permissible, what is the available duration after the two years end? Another point, Shaykh: Is one who breastfeeds after the two years, from among the children of a sister, considered a brother through breastfeeding?
Answer:
Allah the Exalted said:
Mothers may breastfeed their children two complete years for whoever wishes to complete the nursing [period].
وَالْوَالِدَاتُ يُرْضِعْنَ أَوْلَادَهُنَّ حَوْلَيْنِ كَامِلَيْنِ لِمَنْ أَرَادَ أَن يُتِمَّ الرَّضَاعَةَ
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 02/279 — archive.org (1:41)
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