The Ruling on Abandoning Breastfeeding and Relying on Formula Milk
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Question:
Sister Miram says in this question: Some women, Honorable Shaykh, do not breastfeed their children from the breast and rely on formula milk for years. Does she sin by abandoning breastfeeding?
Answer:
She does not sin by abandoning it. She would sin if she left the child to be harmed and die. As for breastfeeding him from her breast, or from the breast of another woman, or from the milk of animals such as cows and sheep, the best is for her to breastfeed him from her own breast; that is the best, and she has a reward for it. If she does not have the ability to breastfeed him from her breast, then his father should seek a wet nurse from among human women, and choose a woman whose character is good and whose conduct is sound.
Sister Miram says in this question: Some women, Honorable Shaykh, do not breastfeed their children from the breast and rely on formula milk for years. Does she sin by abandoning breastfeeding?
Answer:
She does not sin by abandoning it. She would sin if she left the child to be harmed and die. As for breastfeeding him from her breast, or from the breast of another woman, or from the milk of animals such as cows and sheep, the best is for her to breastfeed him from her own breast; that is the best, and she has a reward for it. If she does not have the ability to breastfeed him from her breast, then his father should seek a wet nurse from among human women, and choose a woman whose character is good and whose conduct is sound.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/234 — archive.org (6:02)
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