LessonsThe Scope of General Expressions, Specification and Solitary ReportsQuiz

لا تُحَرِّمُ الْمَصَّةُ وَلَا الْمَصَّتَانِ، وَلَا الْإِمْلَاجَةُ وَلَا الْإِمْلَاجَتَانِ
One or two sucklings, and one or two brief nursings, do not establish the prohibition.

The report appears to remove a small number of feeding occasions from the prohibition. The Qurʾānic wording, by contrast, does not specify a count in the cited passage.

The central methodological disagreement is whether this report may specify the general verse. Differences among jurists concerning the legally effective quantity of breastfeeding follow from these divergent approaches.

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The report about one or two nursings

The Scope of General Expressions, Specification and Solitary Reports

لا تُحَرِّمُ الْمَصَّةُ وَلَا الْمَصَّتَانِ، وَلَا الْإِمْلَاجَةُ وَلَا الْإِمْلَاجَتَانِ
One or two sucklings, and one or two brief nursings, do not establish the prohibition.

The report appears to remove a small number of feeding occasions from the prohibition. The Qurʾānic wording, by contrast, does not specify a count in the cited passage.

The central methodological disagreement is whether this report may specify the general verse. Differences among jurists concerning the legally effective quantity of breastfeeding follow from these divergent approaches.