The Duration of the Two-Year Period in Breastfeeding and Determining the Suckling
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The questioner:
If Allah wills. When the two years are reached, the time is held, meaning.
The Shaykh:
Approximately two years, twenty-four months. Yes. A suckling means he sucks the milk until his stomach is filled, then he stops; this is one suckling.
Another questioner:
How do you reconcile the statement of Allah the Exalted, "It is forbidden," with the fact that it became thirty months?
The Shaykh:
Or a month? The duration of pregnancy is six months, and breastfeeding is twenty-four months, just as he (may Allah be pleased with him) said: six months is this pregnancy, which is the minimum duration of pregnancy, and after his pregnancy of six months, for this reason al-Tirmidhi, in his seventh year, and he lives.
If Allah wills. When the two years are reached, the time is held, meaning.
The Shaykh:
Approximately two years, twenty-four months. Yes. A suckling means he sucks the milk until his stomach is filled, then he stops; this is one suckling.
Another questioner:
How do you reconcile the statement of Allah the Exalted, "It is forbidden," with the fact that it became thirty months?
The Shaykh:
Or a month? The duration of pregnancy is six months, and breastfeeding is twenty-four months, just as he (may Allah be pleased with him) said: six months is this pregnancy, which is the minimum duration of pregnancy, and after his pregnancy of six months, for this reason al-Tirmidhi, in his seventh year, and he lives.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام [ ابن باز ] [ الشرح الجديد ]، تتمة باب الرضاع — islamhouse.com (5:16)
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