Is the breastfeeding of an adult considered specific to Salim, the freed slave of Abu Hudhayfah?
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The questioner : Shaykh, is the story of the breastfeeding of Abu Hudhayfah’s freed slave specific to him?
The Shaykh : But it is not a general rule, because in that case it would conflict with the general evidence.
The questioner : For whoever is in a situation like his situation.
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
The questioner : I mean, how is his situation like his situation?
Another questioner: I mean, does an adult man come now and a woman breastfeeds him?!
The Shaykh : By Allah, that is how it is.
The questioner : By Allah, that is how it is!
The Shaykh : But we say that in certain circumstances it is not a general rule, because there is no breastfeeding except within two years. So this is general and that is specific.
The Shaykh : But it is not a general rule, because in that case it would conflict with the general evidence.
The questioner : For whoever is in a situation like his situation.
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
The questioner : I mean, how is his situation like his situation?
Another questioner: I mean, does an adult man come now and a woman breastfeeds him?!
The Shaykh : By Allah, that is how it is.
The questioner : By Allah, that is how it is!
The Shaykh : But we say that in certain circumstances it is not a general rule, because there is no breastfeeding except within two years. So this is general and that is specific.