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What is the recommended time for girls to breastfeed?

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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

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(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

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