Breastfeeding

Bismillah,

Yes.  And I mention again that La Leche league has this information on its website in detail.

kane wrote: As-salaam-alaykum, Please does anyone have any advice on how to STOP breastfeeding. My daughter is coming up to 2 years old and she loves to still feed. If I tell her that the milk is finished she cries and cries. She will not take a bottle and I just don't know what to do. Is it correct that under islamic tradition, I have to stop when she is 2 years or can I feed a bit longer? Does anyone have any good advice? Thank-you

Dear Kane, Assalaamualaikum,

I don't know how far you have succeeded in your weaning....but here's what I did for my two children....I hope this helps.

Be prepared for a lot of fuss and crying, but it will not take you more than a couple of weeks to succesfully stop breastfeeding Insha Alllah, if you consistently follow a plan.

Drop one feed at a time, during the day. Get your child used to something like sipper/straw etc, to soothe him or her.  I used to put on the quran and either sit with child on lap, or carry him around on my shoulder. Gradually they get used to this routine. When you are done with the day feeds, comes the night feeds. At night there will be crying for few days only and the duration of crying lessens every few days.

You have to be patient and ask Allah for help. Give the child sipper or anything he is used to every time he gets up. Insha Allah , it will soon get over, all the best.

wassalaam




Edited by amah

As Salamu Alaikum

Insha Allah I am going to quote from the Tafsir of ibn Kathir to shed some light on this.

And (the period of) his gestation and weaning is thirty months,

`Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, used this Ayah along with the following two Ayat to prove that the minimum period of pregnancy (gestation) is six months:

(And his weaning is in two years.) (31:14) and

(The mothers suckle their children two complete years -- for those who desire to complete the term of suckling. ) (2:233)

 This is a strong and valid conclusion, and it was approved by `Uthman and a number of the Companions. Muhammad bin Ishaq bin Yasar narrated from Ba`jah bin `Abdullah Al-Juhani that a man from his tribe (Juhaynah) married a woman from Juhaynah. She delivered a baby after six months. So her husband went to `Uthman, may Allah be pleased with him, and told him about that. Thus, `Uthman summoned her. When she was getting dressed, her sister started crying. She asked her: "Why do you cry By Allah, no one has ever approached me (for sexual relations) of Allah's creation except him (my husband). So let Allah decree (for me) as He wills.'' When she was brought before `Uthman, he commanded that she be stoned to death (for adultery). `Ali heard of this, came to `Uthman, and said: "What are you doing'' He (`Uthman) said: "She delivered after six months! Can this ever happen'' `Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, said: "Don't you read the Qur'an'' He said: "Yes, of course!'' He (`Ali) then said: `Haven't you heard Allah's saying,

(and his gestation and weaning is thirty months),

( two complete years) (2:233) (Subtracting the two numbers) we are only left with six months.'' `Uthman, may Allah be pleased with him, said: "By Allah, I did not see that! Bring the woman back.'' But they found that she had already been killed. Ba`jah continued: "By Allah, no two crows and no two eggs are more similar than that child turned out to be to his father! When his father saw that he said, `By Allah! This is my son without any doubt.' Later on, Allah afflicted him with a skin abscess in his face (because of his false accusation to his wife). It kept eating him up until he died.'' Ibn Abi Hatim related from his father that Farwah bin Abi Al-Maghra' told them that `Ali bin Mushir narrated to them from Dawud bin Abi Hind, who narrated from `Ikrimah that Ibn `Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, said, "When a woman delivers after nine months, the baby will only need twenty-one months of suckling. When she delivers after seven months, the baby will need twenty-three months of suckling. When she delivers after six months, the baby will need two full years of suckling.

This is another explanation. Allah knows best.

Wa Alaikum Salam

Edited by Alwardah

As-salaam alaykum

'tis me again!

Now I am a little confused. I did look in my Qu'ran at 46:15 which has no footnotes and happy because of the weaning of 30 months.

But now I have checked my other qu'ran which has footnotes and It says the 30 months includes 6 months when the pregnancy is viable, so therefore the weaning is 2 yrs and not more.