Conditions of Breastfeeding That Prohibits Marriage
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Question:
Your Eminence is asked: When does breastfeeding become a prohibition after five feedings? And when does it become a prohibition with a single feeding?
May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
Breastfeeding does not become a prohibition unless it is five feedings while the child is within the first two years. As for breastfeeding that is less than five, or that occurs after the child has passed the age of two, it has no effect and is not considered a prohibition. Therefore, two conditions are necessary:
The first is that the child must be within the two-year period during the breastfeeding.
The second condition is that the feedings must be five, not fewer, because the hadiths have come with this; due to his saying (peace and blessings be upon him):Bulugh al-Maram 8:198 And Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, says: [al-Baqarah: 233] And due to his saying (peace and blessings be upon him) to Sahlah bint Sahl: And because it is established in the authentic collections that Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) said: "There was revealed in the Qur'an ten known feedings that prohibit marriage, then they were abrogated by five known feedings. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) passed away while the matter remained in that state," meaning: the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) passed away while the matter remained in this state, not abrogated and not changed. Five known feedings are established by the testimony of a just woman or a just man or more. If the wet nurse is just and admits to the five feedings within the two years, her testimony is accepted. Therefore, five feedings are necessary, and they must be within the two years, and the one claiming this must be a just woman, meaning: trustworthy, and the man testifies that the woman breastfed him five times, and he is a just, trustworthy man. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Your Eminence is asked: When does breastfeeding become a prohibition after five feedings? And when does it become a prohibition with a single feeding?
May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
Breastfeeding does not become a prohibition unless it is five feedings while the child is within the first two years. As for breastfeeding that is less than five, or that occurs after the child has passed the age of two, it has no effect and is not considered a prohibition. Therefore, two conditions are necessary:
The first is that the child must be within the two-year period during the breastfeeding.
The second condition is that the feedings must be five, not fewer, because the hadiths have come with this; due to his saying (peace and blessings be upon him):
Suckling applies only (to infants) during the first two years (of their life).
لا رضاع إلا في الحولينMothers may breastfeed their children two complete years
وَالْوَالِدَاتُ يُرْضِعْنَ أَوْلادَهُنَّ حَوْلَيْنِ كَامِلَيْنِBreastfeed Salim five feedings and you will be forbidden to him
أرضعي سالمًا خمس رضعات تحرمي عليهThe presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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