Breastfeeding for two years
Question
I would like to know if there’s any specific virtue for breastfeeding for two full years.
Answer
We could not locate any specific virtue for breastfeeding for the full 2 years. However, there is a narration recorded in Tafseer Raazi wherein Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam is reported to have said: “When a woman breast-feeds her child, she receives the reward of giving life to a soul with every suckling of the child.
References (Arabic / Urdu sources)
أَتَتْ وَاحِدَةٌ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّه صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَقَالَتْ: رَبُّ الرِّجَالِ وَالنِّسَاءِ وَاحِدٌ، وَأَنْتَ الرَّسُولُ إِلَيْنَا وَإِلَيْهِمْ، وَأَبُونَا آدَمُ وَأُمُّنَا حَوَّاءُ. فَمَا السَّبَبُ فِي أَنَّ اللَّه يَذْكُرُ الرِّجَالَ وَلَا يَذْكُرُنَا، فَنَزَلَتِ الْآيَةُ. فَقَالَتْ: وَقَدْ سَبَقَنَا الرِّجَالُ بِالْجِهَادِ فَمَا لَنَا؟ فَقَالَ صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «إِنَّ لِلْحَامِلِ مِنْكُنَّ أَجْرَ الصَّائِمِ الْقَائِمِ فَإِذَا ضَرَبَهَا الطَّلْقُ لَمْ يَدْرِ أَحَدٌ مَا لَهَا مِنَ الْأَجْرِ، فَإِذَا أَرْضَعَتْ كَانَ لَهَا بِكُلِّ مَصَّةٍ أَجْرُ إِحْيَاءِ نَفْسٍ» ( تفسير الرازي (10/66
- Answered by
- Maulana Abdul Kader Fazlani
- Checked & approved by
- Mufti Mohammed Desai Saheb
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