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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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What is the ruling on the one who rejects the hadith of the five breastfeedings?

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The questioner : What is the ruling on the one who rejects the hadith of the five breastfeedings?

The Shaykh : This is a broad topic. The one who rejects the hadith of the breastfeedings that is established in *Sahih al-Bukhari* only rejects it by relying on the absolute wording of the Qur'an, such as the saying of Allah the Exalted:
your [milk] mothers who nursed you وأُمهاتكم اللاتي أرضعنكم
[An-Nisa 4:23]
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The truth is that these people, as we say in Syria, are some people who have no steadiness. One can grasp them, discuss with them, and hold them accountable, even if only to a small degree, because they are like mercury; wherever you move them, they move and escape from you. The rejection of the hadith of the five breastfeedings stems from a principle, which is: "The Qur'an is not interpreted by the Sunnah". Is there anyone who holds to this principle? The answer is no. Even the one who rejects such a hadith, you will find that he specifies the Qur'an with the authentic Sunnah. But when the Sunnah specifies a text in the Qur'an that does not agree with his desire, he quickly lets it go and forgets the principle on which he agrees with you, and says: "This contradicts the Qur'an." And where is the contradiction with the Qur'an?
Did Allah Mighty and Majestic say in the Qur'an that a little or a lot of breastfeeding makes it forbidden?
There is no such text, neither in the Qur'an nor in the Sunnah.
So we return to the previous verse:
And We revealed to you the message that you may make clear to the people what was sent down to them وأنزلنا إليك الذكر لتبين للناس ما نُزِّل إليهم
[An-Nahl 16:44]
. The Qur'an has taken upon itself the explanation of every text in the Noble Qur'an that we need explained, and this is very clear in the legal rulings. In fact, the Sunnah came to say:
A single suck or two sucks do not make it forbidden, nor does a single gulp or two gulps لا تحرِّم المصة ولا المصتان ولا الإملاجة ولا الإملاجتان
Sahih Ibn Hibban 17:14
. This is a clear refutation of this person who rejects the hadith of the five breastfeedings, because his basis for rejection is the verse. But the second hadith also clarifies that the verse is not absolute or comprehensive:
your [milk] mothers who nursed you وأمهاتكم اللاتي أرضعنكم
[An-Nisa 4:23]
meaning: not even by a single suck. This is the meaning of absoluteness. But the hadith says:
A single suck or two sucks do not make it forbidden, nor does a single gulp or two gulps لا تحرم المصة ولا المصتان، ولا الإملاجةُ ولا الإملاجتان
Sahih Ibn Hibban 17:14
. This is joined to many other hadiths, some of which are established and some are cited as evidence, among others, such as the hadith that says, for example:
as fostership is only valid if it takes place in the suckling period (before two years of age). إنما الرضاعة من المجاعة
Sahih al-Bukhari 2647
. If a person sucks in a way that does not affect his hunger at all, and also what came in some hadiths:
that which grows the bone and causes the flesh to sprout ما أنبت العظم وأنشزَ اللحم
. This is the breastfeeding that makes it forbidden. So it was fitting that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) took upon himself explaining the number of breastfeedings that grow the bone and cause the flesh to sprout. So the hadith of A'ishah came in *Sahih Muslim*:
Five breastfeedings make it forbidden خمس رضعات يحرمن
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Source alathar.net

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