"انسانی دودھ کی خرید وفروخت اور رضاعت کے مسائل Buying and Selling of Human Milk and Foster Relationships "

Abstract

"This paper discusses the Islamic jurisprudence as well as the scientific stance regarding breast feeding. Breast feeding is a natural gift for a new born baby, which not only nourishes the infant but also provides great immunity to him. The new scientific research has clarified its importance by calling it the most essential element giving natural immunity that keeps a child healthy and free of diseases. Many developed countries have started “Human Milk Banks” as we have blood banks here. The Human Milk banks provide milk which is like natural food to deprived infants. By taking the milk from “Milk Banks” it creates serious moral and religious problems in the context of motherhood and family relations. This can even cause problems like declaring “Hurmat-e-Nikᾱḥ”. In this paper such issues are elaborated in the light of Qur’an, Sunnah and Islamic jurisprudence."

Keywords

• human milk
• breast feeding
• infant
• raḍᾱat
• milk bank
• hurmat-e-nikᾱḥ
• foster age
• foster mother