Breast Feeding

QUESTION: I am planning to go for hajj inshaAllah with my husband leaving my 5 month old son with my parents back home. Somebody told me my hajj won’t be valid since i am taking away my son’s right to being breastfed, though my son drinks formula milk as well.Will my hajj be accepted?

28 Sep

ANSWER: What they had said is totally baseless and fabricated and one of the major sins in Islam for talking about Allah like this without knowledge ! This has no impact on your hajj whatsoever!

QUESTION: My son is 2 years old now….am still breastfeeding him..our doctor suggested us not to stop all of a sudden….some says, it is only allowed to breastfeed upto 2 years according to Islam and should not exceed that ..is that true??

Breast Feeding

03 Aug

ANSWER: No problem in breastfeeding for 2 and a half years (hijri calendar), you should not go beyond that.

My maternal aunt breastfed me for more than 2 years. Will her husband and son be my mahram? And also will her daughter’s children be my mahram?

Breast Feeding, Mahram

01 Jun

ANSWER: If she breastfed you before you were two years of age 5 or more full meals, she is your mother and her husband is your father and her children are your siblings.

Sheik if a woman did not make up her missed fast before next Ramadan, what should she do? Should she feed 1 miskeen and fast?

Breast Feeding, Fasting

12 Jan

ANSWER: If she didn’t make them up until the following Ramadan was due without a legitimate reason, she is sinful for that. She cannot give fidya for such missed fasts as she needs to make them up whenever it is possible for her.

My 9 months old baby is formula fed.I cudnt nurse.every1 thinks hes mix fed.if i admit they look at me like m giving him poison and that its not good for him.i know this is from Allah and m ok with it but whenever someone bashes me for this,i feel am a unfit mom & I go into depression.Can i lie in this case for my mental peace?

Breast Feeding

24 Sep

ANSWER: Lying is not permissible in Islam. Do not pay any attention to what they say and don’t tell anyone that you don’t nurse!

Do I have to redo my wudhu after every time I breastfeed my child? Also will my husband have to redo the wudhu if he sees my breastfeeding and a part of my awrah is visible?

Ablution (Wudhu), Breast Feeding

06 Feb

ANSWER: 1. No your wudu is not broken because of breastfeeding. 2. Your husband’s wudu is not broken. Looking at someone’s awrah doesn’t break your wudu.

My sister is breastfeeding her 2 week old son. Since she is getting too much milk she is using a pump also to avoid engorgement a d pain, can she give the pumped breast milk to her 4 year old daughter in a cup?

Breast Feeding

21 Nov

ANSWER: No. Maximum age for breastfeeding is only 2.5 years. She should throw it away.

Due to some issues with my breast I was unable to feed my baby everyone in our family was talking ill about me as I was unable to،I was really hurt then and even now when we happen to have a family me they keep saying if as if I has committed a sin.And I badly wanted to know y was Prophet Muhammad (saw) breastfed by another mother instead of his own.جزاك الله خيرا

Breast Feeding

26 Aug

ANSWER: Not breastfeeding your baby is not sinful. Let these people talk, do not pay any attention to their negative comments as they’re talking without knowledge.