What is it about?
Among Muslims, milk kinship elucidates the relationships established by a wet-nurse and her breastfed infant, prohibiting marriage between those it relates after the fulfillment of prerequisites. When galactagogues are used in the non-gestational lactation state, the relationship between motherhood and fatherhood through human milk can be questioned. Therefore, this study by Fouzia bint Abdulaziz al-Hreashy, & Omar Bin Ibrahim Al Mohaimeed, sheds light on the jurisprudential opinion of this relationship and provide examples of it from real, contemporary life.
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Why is it important?
The preponderant opinion was outweighed by a Shariʿah researcher proving the prohibition (of marriage) between the lactating non-gestational woman using galactagogues, the nursed infant, and similarly toward her husband. Infertility was observed to be the primary motive for fostering. Induced lactation-linked fostering demonstrated a positive psychosocial effect in terms of the new parenthood role and forward movement of a happy marital life.
Perspectives
An integrative approach to study non-puerperal lactation is required for contemporary medical controversial issues. Milk kinship as it relates to the husband requires further research.
Prof Abdallah El Khatib EiC Journal of college of Sharia and Islamic Studies A. Qatar University
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This page is a summary of: Non-Puerperal Induced Lactation among Married Women: Islamic Jurisprudence and Contemporary Practice, Journal of College of Sharia & Islamic Studies, July 2023, Qatar University,
DOI: 10.29117/jcsis.2023.0363.
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