hadith
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Hadith.4661 - It was narrated from Sama'ah ibn Mihran that Abu Abdullah (as) said
"Breastfeeding is for twenty-one months, and anything less than that is an injustice to the child."
4661 - رُوِيَ عَنْ سَمَاعَةَ بْنِ مِهْرَانَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ
"اَلرَّضَاعُ وَاحِدٌ وَ عِشْرُونَ شَهْراً فَمَا نَقَصَ فَهُوَ جَوْرٌ عَلَى اَلصَّبِيِّ".
Similar narrations
- Al-Kāfi #159 “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘Breastfeeding is for twenty-one months. Breastfeeding for less than this is injustice to the child.’”
- Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh #1458 "Breastfeeding does not create a prohibition except when a child nurses from one breast for a full year."