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:[An-Nisa 4:23].
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:[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: 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: [An-Nisa 4:23] meaning: not even by a single suck. This is the meaning of absoluteness. But the hadith says: 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: 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: . 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*: .
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 أرضعنكمThe 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:
