What is the ruling on breastfeeding a child for more than two years?
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Question:
You say: What is the ruling—may Allah preserve you—for a woman who exceeds two years in breastfeeding her child? Does this have any effect on him or on her?
Answer:
It is permissible to exceed the two years if there is a need. It is obligatory to breastfeed for two years, as Allah the Exalted said: [al-Baqarah:233]. If the child does not eat and needs breastfeeding after the two years, there is no harm; breastfeed him until he is self-sufficient through eating. Yes.
You say: What is the ruling—may Allah preserve you—for a woman who exceeds two years in breastfeeding her child? Does this have any effect on him or on her?
Answer:
It is permissible to exceed the two years if there is a need. It is obligatory to breastfeed for two years, as Allah the Exalted said:
Mothers may breastfeed their children two complete years for whoever wishes to complete the nursing [period].
وَالْوَالِدَاتُ يُرْضِعْنَ أَوْلادَهُنَّ حَوْلَيْنِ كَامِلَيْنِ لِمَنْ أَرَادَ أَنْ يُتِمَّ الرَّضَاعَةَ
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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