Breastfeeding Support, News and Views for Muslim Moms
Many people consider wet-nursing to be old-fashioned. However, there are women who fulfill this special role in modern-day society which, is mentioned as an alternative to the mother breastfeeding in verse 233 of Surah Al-Baqarah. In addition to the obvious nutritional benefits, wet nursing has many social benefits, giving women the “best of both worlds”. […]
Ibrahim ibn Muhammad was born to Muhammad (saws) and Maria al-Qibtiyya in 8th year of Hijrah in Madinah. He had a wet nurse, Umm Sayf, who breastfed him, as mentioned in the translation of the following hadith: Anas Ibn Malik narrates: We went with Allah’s Apostle to the blacksmith Abu Sayf, and he was the […]
Update: I have written a new, expanded reflection on this beautiful story: Breastfeeding in the Story of Musa: A Quranic Miracle for Nursing Mothers. The story of Musa’s mother is one of most moving stories in the Quran. It shows how special the bond is between a nursing mother and her child. At the time […]
