Breastfeeding

A Muslim woman is bringing up some of her nephews and nieces along with her own daughter and sons. Is it allowed for her to breast-feed her eight-year-old nephew and nieces, so that they become mahram (unmarriageable) to her children and her husband, given that they are all living under the same roof (in the same house)?

If you are breastfeeding a 6 month old baby and are seven weeks pregnant with a second child, is it permissible to breastfeed the first child through the pregnancy?

Dear Sheikh, as-Salamu `alaykum! If a Muslim mother has a six-month-old baby and is breast-feeding him, can she take precautions against another pregnancy at least for three years, to preserve her health and that of the baby? What are the steps that are allowed in Islam for taking precautions against pregnancy and what are the steps prohibited in Islam? Is Intra-uterine Device (IUD) allowed in Islam? This device, as well as other contraceptives, are reversible and can be left in place for several years (for example, copper devices - left for 2-5 years). What does Islam say about using contraceptive pills? What should be the husband's role in accepting the steps provided by his wife if they are allowed in Islam? Should he encourage her for taking precautions?

Im planning on nursing my sister-in-law's two young boys so that my girls don't have to cover from them.  Thier ages are 5 months and  a year and a half.  I've heard that the dominant opinion is that I must give them enough milk to equal two full meals.  I've also heard that one school of thought requires only one drop of milk.  Can I take the easier opinion?  If not, how many ounces qualifies "one full meal" for children who are old enough to eat solid foods and do not fill up on milk alone?

I'm a working mother, so I'm pumping my milk to feed my baby, but my supply is going down. What can I do? I've heard that I shouldn't feed my baby honey. Is this true? Is it important that I feed my baby cereal? I feed this to him once a day. He then eats two jars of either squash, peas, green beans, or sweet potatoes later on in the day. What nutritional value is in cereal that he will not get from the veggies?

my wife is planning to give her breast milk 2 her sister's child so after this my wife will b the child's motherthe question is will i become the father ie will i b a maharam to the child when she grows up

salam when a femal child drink milk form the boys mother and the boys is also child drinking milk then can the boy marrie the girl? simply can some one marrie a milk share girl ?

Assalamu alaikum again, may Allah bless you for all the help you are offering.  Can you plase define one brestfeeding? I was breastfed by my cousin and she said I drank two breast full of milk. but i dont know how many breastfeedings that is considered to be as.thank you

Dear Scholars:as-salamu ?Alaikum!this is in reference to Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:233 particularly on breastfeeding. If it is indeed true that medical studies have shown that completing the breastfeeding for two whole years will benefit a lot both the mothers and the ch ildren in terms of health as compared to those who do not. Is it not recommendatory for the couples to complete the breastfeeding for two whole years? Jazakum Allah khairan.

Salam, My question is regarding the maximum time one is allowed to nurse a daughter? I have heard two and half for special circumstances. However I am unable to find anything on that. And is the limit something that is advised or is it haram to feed after this period of time has passed? JazakAllah

As-Salamu `Alaykum Can a girl marry her cousin whose mom has breast fead her.

Islam cares for the welfare of both the baby and the parents. If a mother wants to prolong the period of breastfeeding for her baby, there is nothing in the source ofShari`ah to declare this as unlawful (haram) as long as this will be beneficial for the baby and will not harm the mother. It

Dear scholars, As-Salamu `alaykum. Can a Muslim woman breastfeed a Christian child, and likewise can a Christian woman breastfeed a Muslim child? What is the Islamic ruling if breastfeeding takes place? Jazakum Allah khayran.

Dear scholars, As-Salamu `alaykum. I heard that boys should be nursed (before weaning) for a longer period than girls. Is that true? Please clarify. Jazakum Allah khayran.

As-Salamu `alaykum. Is it prohibited for a Muslim child to be breast-fed by a non-Muslim woman? Will the child be considered a disbeliever then? Jazakum Allah khayran.

What is the ruling if it happens that a baby suckles from a dead woman? Does he become prohibited to marry any of those closely related to that woman (like her daughter, sisters, and so on) for being the woman’s foster child?

Dear scholars, As-Salamu `alaykum. I proposed marriage to the daughter of my maternal aunt, but when the time for marriage drew close my aunt told me that she had breastfed me twice when I was little, but I had not drunk my fill on those occasions. Is it permissible for me to marry her? Jazakum Allah khayran.

Is it permissible to break my fast since I am breast-feeding? My milk has been reduced very much since the beginning of Ramadan, and I followed all my doctor's orders in how to increase my milk, but nothing has worked. My only other option is to see if fasting has an effect. Is it permissible in this case to break my fasting?

As-Salamu `alaykum! I am a mother of a one-year-old child, still breast-feeding. Should I fast? My concern is that he doesn't drink cow's milk, so I really want to fast but am worried about my son too.

If there is a women who is having a baby on the month of ramadan and then becomes fatera, does she have to do her days also? And she had days to do from last years ramadan. What does she have to do?

Bismillahi-rahmani-raheemRespected scholars,Assalamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa brarakatuh,I have two health related questions burning on my mind for which I am hoping badly to hear a fatwa. I do not know who to ask about it, for the one should have knowledge in Shariah as well as in the mentioned fields:1. I am currently breastfeeding my seven month old son and I still have to make up most of the fasting of Ramadan. Now my aunt, who is a Pharmacologist but not a Muslim, advised me to not fast during breastfeeding for toxins stored in body fat are going to be released and will go into the breast milk. Since she is not a Muslim and therefore unaware of the benefits and obligation to fast she is of course very easy in giving such an advice. That is why I am hoping to hear an opinion of a Mumin well learned in Shariah who has very good knowledge of the physical processes within the body (metabolism and so on) and the risks of toxins as well. Since breastfeeding women are allowed to not be fasting during Ramadan if they are not able, I am wondering if nowadays, where our environment, food etc. is so polluted that no one can avoid storing lots of toxins, fasting should or could, without doing haram, be paused until the whole two years of breastfeeding are over. That is why I am asking for a fatwa in this topic that takes the situation we live in today (a quite polluted environment) into account. I do not want that we harm our children on the one hand and I don?t want to do haram and be obliged to do kaffara by not making up my days of last Ramadan before the start of next Ramadan either. I used to enjoy fasting prior to the pregnancy of my first child, but since then I have been either pregnant or breastfeeding and/or pregnant or breastfeeding again. And in this time I found it actually quite hard, although I cannot say I am not able to do it. But I lost a lot of weight during breastfeeding my first child and now I am loosing even more during breastfeeding my second one. I feel I have to eat a lot and often times I have four instead of three meals a day.2. I am very interested in Naturopathy and Homeopathy and I am trying to treat my family and myself with it. Now, many very effective herbal remedies containing alcohol are available on the market, for most herbal essences are best preserved in alcohol. I bought some of them and tried to get rid of the alcohol by warming/heating it up so the alcohol would evaporate. The problem is that I might very well have destroyed the whole active agent as well. That?s why I don?t buy or use remedies containing alcohol any more since they are not life-saving musts. But sometimes I feel that it is too bad that we can?t use them, for they might prevent us from having to take chemical medications, which surely cause some harm (too). I am so sure that Naturopathy is much closer to the Islam than what the pharmaceutical industry produces, but it seems to need the alcohol. That?s why I am puzzled about how to deal with the whole thing.I would be so relieved if you could answer my questions or if you could tell me where to ask for a fatwa in these topics.Yasak Allahu khayran Wassalam Your sister-in-Islamabida

Bismillahi-rahmani-raheemRespected scholars,Assalamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa brarakatuh,I have two health related questions burning on my mind for which I am hoping badly to hear a fatwa. I do not know who to ask about it, for the one should have knowledge in Shariah as well as in the mentioned fields:1. I am currently breastfeeding my six month old son and I still have to make up most of the fasting of Ramadan. Now my aunt, who is a Pharmacologist but not a Muslim, advised me to not fast during breastfeeding for toxins stored in body fat are going to be released and will go into the breast milk. Since she is not a Muslim and therefore unaware of the benefits and obligation to fast she is of course very easy in giving such an advice. That is why I am hoping to hear an opinion of a Mumin well learned in Shariah who has very good knowledge of the physical processes within the body (metabolism and so on) and the risks of toxins as well. Since breastfeeding women are allowed to not be fasting during Ramadan if they are not able, I am wondering if nowadays, where our environment, food etc. is so polluted that no one can avoid storing lots of toxins, fasting should or could, without doing haram, be paused until the whole two years of breastfeeding are over. That is why I am asking for a fatwa in this topic that takes the situation we live in today (a quite polluted environment) into account. I do not want that we harm our children on the one hand and I don?t want to do haram and be obliged to do kaffara by not making up my days of last Ramadan before the start of next Ramadan either. I used to enjoy fasting prior to the pregnancy of my first child, but since then I have been either pregnant or breastfeeding and/or pregnant or breastfeeding again. And in this time I found it actually quite hard, although I cannot say I am not able to do it. But I lost a lot of weight during breastfeeding my first child and now I am loosing even more during breastfeeding my second one. I feel I have to eat a lot and often times I have four instead of three meals a day.2. I am very interested in Naturopathy and Homeopathy and I am trying to treat my family and myself with it. Now, many very effective herbal remedies containing alcohol are available on the market, for most herbal essences are best preserved in alcohol. I bought some of them and tried to get rid of the alcohol by warming/heating it up so the alcohol would evaporate. The problem is that I might very well have destroyed the whole active agent as well. That?s why I don?t buy or use remedies containing alcohol any more since they are not life-saving musts. But sometimes I feel that it is too bad that we can?t use them, for they might prevent us from having to take chemical medications, which surely cause some harm (too). I am so sure that Naturopathy is much closer to the Islam than what the pharmaceutical industry produces, but it seems to need the alcohol. That?s why I am puzzled about how to deal with the whole thing.I would be so relieved if you could answer my questions or if you could tell me where to ask for a fatwa in these topics.Yasak Allahu khayran Wassalam Your sister-in-Islamabida

As-Salamu `alaykm. What does ghilah—which is mentioned in the hadith “I intended to prohibit ghilah. . ."—mean? And what is the legal ruling pertaining to it?

Dear scholars, As-Salamu `alaykum. My wife has been breastfeeding our son now for almost two years. He finds it difficult to drink from a cup, he prefers the breast.. Is it allowed to feed him more than two years in this situation? It's very hard for him and us to stop the breastfeeding now. We don't have plans to have another baby at this time. Jazakum Allah khayran.

I have come across several authentic hadiths about breast-feeding adults, and I was hoping that you can help me to fully understand the meaning.`A’ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) reported that Sahla bint Suhail came to Allah’s Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said, “Messenger of Allah, I see on the face of Abu Hudhayfah [her husband] (signs of disgust) on the entrance of Salim (who is a servant) into (our house).” Whereupon Allah’s Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “Breast-feed him.” She said, “How can I breast-feed him, as he is an adult man?” Allah’s Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) smiled and said, “I already know that he is a young man.”I also read authentic stories that `A’ishah, the Mother of the Believers, took the above hadith as a precedent for whatever men she wanted to be able to come to see her. The rest of the wives of the Prophet refused to let anyone come in to them by such nursing.Some people are attacking Islam and are saying horrible things about `A’ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) based on the above hadith, and they claim that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would never allow a shameful act of a woman breast-feeding an adult. They also reject the claim that Sahla didn’t physically breast-feed Salim but that he drank her milk from a cup by saying there’s no authentic proof for drinking from a cup and Muslims interpret things whichever way they want to avoid controversy. I realize that the above are misconceptions to raise doubts about Islam, but I honestly don’t have access to any authentic information to explain this hadith. Can you help me understand the meaning and significance of the above hadith and clarify any misconceptions about it?