Reading Time: < 1 minuteA pregnant woman fasted. She was then overcome with weakness or some sickness and feared for the child’s life or
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA wet-nurse accepted a contract to nurse an infant. Then the Month of Ramadhaan came. She fears that if she
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIf the husband is well to do and he can afford a wet-nurse to suckle the baby, then it is
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA woman who is pregnant should not fast if she fears for her life or the child’s life. Similarly, a
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIf an infant drinks the milk of a woman other than his mother, then that woman becomes the milk-mother of
Reading Time: < 1 minuteBreastfeeding is waajib on the mother. She may not refuse to breastfeed her baby without valid Shar’i grounds. The milk
Reading Time: 2 minutesAfter having arrived into this world, Rasulullah (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam) drank the milk of his compassionate mother for seven days.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe maximum duration of breastfeeding is two years. It is haraam to breastfeed more than two years. It is not
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhen giving birth it is waajib for the mother to breastfeed the infant. If, however, the father is affluent and
