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Is it permissible to breastfeed a toddler after she has weaned for months while also nursing a newborn, as I was told it can cause cognitive developmental and speech delays?

Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi, Sayyed Mohammad al-Musawi is originally from Iraq and heads up the World Ahlul Bayt Islamic League in London. Other than being involved in various humanitarian projects, he frequently responds to... Answered 2 years ago

It is not Haraam to breastfeed a toddler after she has weaned , but it is better to avoid that if she has completed two years.

Wassalam.

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Speech . Qur'an . Salah (Prayers) . Stammer

I have a neurological stammer, a speech disorder, as a result of which reciting the Quran in Salah is really difficult and stressful. It takes me a minute to say one word. Is it permissible to recite the Quran in my mind rather than aloud during prayers?

It is obligatory to recite in the first and second Rak'at of every Prayer, Sura Al-Hamd and another Sura. Reciting must be by your tongue and not in your mind only. If you have difficulty in reciting, you should recite in the way which you can, even if it is not perfectly correct, as far as it is the best that you can. Remembering the Sura in your mind is not reciting. Those who totally paralysed should remember the Sura in their mind because that are totally unable to move their tongue nor their lips, but as you are able to move your tongue and lips, you must recite the Sura in the way which you can.

Wassalam.

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Hadith . Freedom . Speech . Qur'an

Are there any Quranic verses or Hadith that talk about the limit of freedom of speech in Islam?

Yes, of course, the Holy Qur’an and the Hadeeths have many instructions
about the discipline of speech.

1) In Surah 2 : verse 83 Allah (SWT) says : “And speak good to
people”. Which means that the freedom of speech should not harm the
interest or respect of others.

2) In Surah Israa' (Bani Israel) : verse 53 Allah (SWT) says : “And
tell my servants to speak in the best way because Shaitan verily tries
to create conflict among them. Surely Shaitan is the clear enemy of
man”.

3) In Surah 41 : verse 34 Allah (SWT) says : “The good deeds are
never equal to the bad deeds. Repel the evil with the better one”.
Which means that we must avoid talking any bad with the excuse of
freedom of speech.

4) In Surah 16 : verse 125 Allah (SWT) says : “Invite and call
people to the way of your Lord with wisdom and for preaching and have
debate with them in better way which means that we should keep fair
discipline for the freedom of speech.

In Hadith we have:

1) Talk to people in the best way that you like them to talk to you
(Imam Mohammed al-Baqir (AS) in Tafseer al-Ayyashi vol 1 pg 48).

2) Hadith in al-Kafi, vol 2 pg 63, from Imam Ja’far as-sadiq (AS)
that he (AS) said: He is not from us who is not a good companion and
a good friend and who has not good morals with them.

3) “Deal with people as you want them to deal with you and talk to
them as you want them to talk to you” (Jaami' Ahadeeth Al-Shia)

Wassalam.

Hadith . Freedom . Speech . Qur'an

Are there any Quranic verses or Hadith that talk about the limit of freedom of speech in Islam?

Abbas Di Palma, Shaykh Abbas Di Palma holds a BA and an MA degree in Islamic Studies, and certifications from the Language Institute of Damascus University. He has also studied traditional Islamic sciences in... Answered 5 years ago

as salam alaikum

The Qur'an says:

"...and do not mix truth with falsehood" (2:42)

"...and speak kindly to people" (2:83)

"...and speak to them honorable words" (4:5).

"Allah does not like the broadcasting of anyone's evil in speech except by someone who has been wronged" (4:148)

"Do not abuse those whom they invoke besides Allah, lest they should abuse Allah out of hostility" (6:108)

"And when you speak be fair" (6:152)

"Indeed the hearing, the eyesight and the heart: all of these are accountable" (17:36).

"Tell My servants to speak in a manner which is the best" (17:53)

"Avoid false speech" (22:30)

"Lower your voice, indeed the ugliest of voices is the donkey's voice" (31:19).

"O you who have faith! Be wary of Allah and speak upright words" (33:70)

"How regrettable of the servants! There did not come to them any messenger but that they used to deride him" (36:30)

"O you who have faith! Let not any people ridicule another people: it may be that they are better than they are; nor let women ridicule women: it may be that they are better than they are. And do not defame one another, nor insult one another by nicknames. An evil name is transgression after faith! And whoever is not penitent, such are the wrongdoers" (49:11)

"Do not spy or backbite one another. Will any one of you love to eat the flesh of his dead brother?" (49:12).

With prayers for your success.