Suhaib Webb – From the Questions Bank Breastfeeding More Than Two Years
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So I received a question from a woman
who her sister recently passed away or, like,
And she left a child. This child is
over 2 years old, and
she wanted to know if she could breastfeed
this child
so that child would become the to her
children
even though it was over 2 years because
we know
in the second chapter of the Quran
verse
233, I believe,
Allah
says,
The Quran says that, you know, mothers who
want to complete the time
of breastfeeding
should do so within a 2 year period,
meaning,
like that's the limit.
It's important that we understand one of the
foundations of Islam
is what's
called And one of the foundations of Islam
is achieving benefit and preventing harm from people.
Imam Ibn Qayyim said that the edifice of
Sharia rest on bringing benefit and preventing harm.
For that reason, if we go into the
books of tafsir that deal with the fiqh
of the tafsir of the Quran, it's called
akam, tafsir akam.
And
we studied this for 4
years in Al Azhar University, more than 400
ayaats of the Quran.
We find that imam
he says something very powerful. He says,
He said
increasing 2 years
or decreasing 2 years in breastfeeding
is allowed
if it will not harm the child.
Contemporary, they
explained and expounded
on the statement of and they
said it is allowed for the woman to
continue
beyond
the mother 2 years
if there is a benefit for the child
and there is a protection of harm.
So in this situation,
this woman
definitely could breastfeed this child after 2 years
because it's going to ease and facilitate the
relationship, and this child is going to need
care. This child is going to need other
family members in its life,
and that is something that the Sharia
takes seriously.
So the answer is yes.
May Allah bless you.