The Valid Criterion in Breastfeeding
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Question:
I ask you, if you would be so kind, about breastfeeding: is it determined by a full belly, or by a suck after a suck?
Answer:
It is not determined by a full belly, but by a suck after a suck, when the milk reaches the stomach. If it reaches the stomach, even if it is a small amount, it is considered a suck. So, if a child who has not reached the age of two sucks the breast and the milk goes into his stomach, even if it is a small amount, it is considered a suck. If he stops and then returns and sucks the milk until it reaches his stomach, it is considered a second suck, and so on if he stops and then returns for a third time, and so on, whether in one sitting or in multiple sittings, even if he does not become full.
The important thing is that the milk reaches his stomach, and that the woman is certain of this. Then, if he moves to another breast, or stops for other reasons, and then returns to breastfeeding and sucks the milk until it reaches his stomach, this is a second suck, and so on. Breastfeeding is not completed or perfected except with five sucks or more. This is based on what is established from Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said: "What was revealed in the Qur'an was that ten known breastfeedings make a person forbidden, then this was abrogated by five known breastfeedings. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) passed away while the matter was still as it was." This was narrated by Imam Muslim and al-Tirmidhi (may Allah have mercy on both of them), and this is its wording.
And based on what is established from Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) as well, that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered Asma to breastfeed Salim, the freed slave of Abu Hudhayfah, five times, and he said: And because he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Sunan Ibn Majah 1940Sahih (Darussalam) This was narrated by Muslim in his Sahih.
All of this indicates that a small amount of breastfeeding does not make a person forbidden. Rather, five breastfeedings or more are required within the two years. This is based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):Bulugh al-Maram 8:198 And his saying (peace and blessings be upon him): Sahih al-Bukhari 2647 The period of weaning is the two years. And his saying (peace and blessings be upon him): Bulugh al-Maram 8:197 Therefore, breastfeeding an older person beyond the age of two has no effect according to the majority of scholars. As for Suhayla, the daughter of Suhayl, breastfeeding Salim, the freed slave of Abu Hudhayfah, when he was an adult, this was specific to her according to the most correct opinion of the scholars.
I ask you, if you would be so kind, about breastfeeding: is it determined by a full belly, or by a suck after a suck?
Answer:
It is not determined by a full belly, but by a suck after a suck, when the milk reaches the stomach. If it reaches the stomach, even if it is a small amount, it is considered a suck. So, if a child who has not reached the age of two sucks the breast and the milk goes into his stomach, even if it is a small amount, it is considered a suck. If he stops and then returns and sucks the milk until it reaches his stomach, it is considered a second suck, and so on if he stops and then returns for a third time, and so on, whether in one sitting or in multiple sittings, even if he does not become full.
The important thing is that the milk reaches his stomach, and that the woman is certain of this. Then, if he moves to another breast, or stops for other reasons, and then returns to breastfeeding and sucks the milk until it reaches his stomach, this is a second suck, and so on. Breastfeeding is not completed or perfected except with five sucks or more. This is based on what is established from Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said: "What was revealed in the Qur'an was that ten known breastfeedings make a person forbidden, then this was abrogated by five known breastfeedings. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) passed away while the matter was still as it was." This was narrated by Imam Muslim and al-Tirmidhi (may Allah have mercy on both of them), and this is its wording.
And based on what is established from Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) as well, that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered Asma to breastfeed Salim, the freed slave of Abu Hudhayfah, five times, and he said:
Breastfeed him five times, and you will be forbidden to him.
أرضعيه خمسًا تحرمي عليهBreastfeeding once or twice
لا تحرم الرضعة ولا الرضعتانAll of this indicates that a small amount of breastfeeding does not make a person forbidden. Rather, five breastfeedings or more are required within the two years. This is based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):
Suckling applies only (to infants) during the first two years (of their life).
لا رضاع إلا في الحولينas fostership is only valid if it takes place in the suckling period (before two years of age).
إنما الرضاعة من المجاعةThe suckling that makes marriage unlawful is that which reaches the intestines (i.e. nourishes the child), and is taken before (two years) time of weaning.
لا رضاع إلا ما فتق الأمعاء، وكان قبل الفطام
Source
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