URDU-DIFFERENT OPINIONS OF JURISTS CONCERNING UN MARRIAGEABILITY DUE TO BREAST-FEEDING: A COMPARATIVE STUDY

Abstract

Islam has allowed breastfeeding; feeding a child with the milk of a woman other than its mother is also allowed. Breast feeding of a woman other than mother may be needed for many reasons, for example, when child’s mother dies or she is not producing sufficient milk for child's nutrition, or she is busy with work, or she does not have sufficient time to breastfeed her child. There is the chance that mother may go out for several days, likewise there are many other reasons which prove that she is unable to breastfeed her child. In such cases, Islam allows a child to be nursed by any other woman so that child can be nourished properly. According to this, the Islamic Shariah commandments are proven; for example, a mother-son relationship is established between a breastfeeding woman and a breastfeed child, due to which all the relationships connected with the breastfeeding woman are associated to this child as well. On the one hand, a relationship of un-marriageability is established between them, due to which marital relation between them is illegal and veil orders are also lifted in front of such child.