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    Question ID: 18576Country: India

    Title: Breastfeeding to a baby after two years

    Question: Asslamu Alaikum,Hazrat Mufti Sahab, Kindly advce maximum time for breast feeding for a girl child?Is breast feeding more than two years haram? Shukriya

    Answer ID: 18576

    Bismillah hir-Rahman nir-Rahim !

    (Fatwa: 20/18/B=1431)

     

    According to preferred opinion, the period of breastfeeding to an infant is two years; breastfeeding after tow years is unlawful:

    والوالدات يرضعن أولادهن حولين كاملين لمن أراد أن يتم الرضاعة (البقرۃ 233)

    Allah (Subhana Wa Ta'ala) knows Best

    Darul Ifta,

    Darul Uloom Deoband, India