Dear Islamic brothers! The blessed Fatwā of A’lā Ḥaḍrat رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه describes how respectable a mother is and how important a wife is. A husband should be more kind to his wife particularly during pregnancy. He should help her out in domestic chores. He shouldn’t let her do any hard work. He shouldn’t stress her out by shouting at her or by any other means. In fact, he should give her as much rest as possible. Whenever he adores his child, he should also look at his child’s mother with a merciful gaze [and remind himself] of the difficulties she endured to give birth to his beloved child.
The Quranic verse mentioned in the blessed Fatwā of A’lā Ḥaḍrat رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه ‘weaning is for thirty months’, refers to the relationship formed on the basis of suckling and to Ḥurmat [i.e. prohibition] on Nikah.
It is stated on page 36 of Baĥār-e-Sharī’at, part 2 [the 1182-page publication of Maktaba-tul-Madīnaĥ, the publishing department of Dawat-e-Islami]: An infant shall be breastfed for two Ĥijrī years. Feeding it longer than this period is not permissible whether the infant is a girl or a boy.
There is a misconception amongst some people that a girl can be breastfed for two years, whereas a boy for two and a half