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Question: nursing child
Assalamualikum

Respected ulema,
Untill what age it is permissable for a child to be nursed by the mother according to the hanafi school of thought?

jazakhallah khair

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Answered by: Ulamaa ID 04 (London)
Date: 01/12/2007 22:45pm

Bismillah

Al-jawab billahi at-taufeeq (the answer with Allah's guidance)


The maximum period for breastfeeding is two years. (Shaami vol.1 pg.209).

Allah Ta'ala says, "The mothers shall give suck to their children for two whole years. "
(2: 233)


And Only Allah Ta'ala Knows Best.
Mufti Qamruzzaman

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