Maximum period of breastfeeding
Question
Breastfeeding is for 2 years according to Islam? My baby is still drinking breast milk and she is not leaving her mothers milk. What is the solution? Her age is now 2 years and 5 months.
Answer
The maximum period of breastfeeding is two years.
And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.
- Answered by
- Mufti Zakaria Makada
- Checked & approved by
- Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
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