Suckling period

Suckling period

Darulifta Ahlesunnat

(Dawateislami)

Question

  What do respected scholars of Islam say about the suckling period of babies? Up to which age should children be suckled? Is there any difference between the suckling periods of a baby boy and a baby girl?

بِسْمِ اللہِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ

اَلْجَوَابُ بِعَوْنِ الْمَلِکِ الْوَھَّابِ اَللّٰھُمَّ ھِدَایَۃَ الْحَقِّ وَالصَّوَابِ

  Whether the suckling baby is a boy or a girl, they should be suckled up to the age of two years. If they are suckled over the age of two years, it will be impermissible and a sin. Some people are under the impression that a baby girl may be suckled for two years and a baby boy for two and a half year but this is unproven and is a fabrication. Remember! Although the permissible suckling period is two years, yet if any woman suckles a baby even after two years within the age of two and a half year, so Hurmat-e-Radaa’at will be proved.

وَاللہُ اَعْلَمُ  عَزَّوَجَلَّ  وَرَسُوْلُہ اَعْلَم صَلَّی اللّٰہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّم

Answered by:Mufti Fuzail Raza Attari