Breastfeeding as a Fundamental Islamic Human Right (original) (raw)

As a country with a majority Muslim population, it is alleged that the level of understanding of the Indonesian Muslim community towards the verses of the Qur'an is low. The religiosity potential of people who have strong religious beliefs has not been utilized as a means of socializing the urgency of exclusive breastfeeding. One of the districts in Yogyakarta (Kulonprogo), has a high stunting rate in children, as a result of a lack of intake of breast milk in infants. This article aims to show the form of understanding of Yogyakarta Muslim mothers towards the verses of breastfeeding in the Qur'an and the factors of understanding these verses. This research uses a qualitative descriptive approach. Participants in the study consisted of 90 people, namely breastfeeding mothers in the districts of Sleman, Bantul, Kulonprogo, Gunung Kidul), and the city of Yogyakarta. The case study approach used data analysis. The low understanding of mothers about the commands and benefits of ...

Background: The practice of wet nursing or breastfeeding of another woman’s child in Malaysia is on the rise due to the emergence of public awareness about the importance and benefits of breast milk. However, it is concerning that lack of understanding of the Islamic law on wet nursing among the milk mothers, especially those relating to mahram (unmarriageability), nasab (lineage) and inheritance is a problem in the society. Hence, this study aims to determine milk mothers’ knowledge about the legal implications of wet nursing and understand the factors influencing the practice. Methods: This was a cross-sectional descriptive study that was carried out from January to July 2019. This study was conducted on 100 women who had breastfed another child in Selangor. Data were obtained using a validated questionnaire (Cronbach alpha=0.8) and processed using the SPSS software.Results: Results showed that the majority of respondents understand the law on wet nursing especially on marriage, c...

The Qur’an, the word of God, is the best book that has been revealed to guide human beings contains a complete plan of human life. However, in addition to educational, ethical, and religious issues, it also contains valuable scientific information. Several verses in the Holy Qur’an discuss the importance of breast milk and its proper planning. Qur’an also orders up parents, especially mothers, for getting this goddamn blessing to their children. Qur’an verses as well as Islamic hadiths emphasize that breast milk is an unparalleled and comprehensive food that plays a valuable and unique role in the improvement of mental health, physical development, and desirable development of children. Based on Islamic sources, such as the Holy Qur’an and the traditions of the Prophet (PBUH) and Islamic hadith, there are some interesting and important points about breastfeeding, its benefits and its provisions. The Qur’an verses and Islamic hadiths emphasize the importance of breastfeeding and the ...

Breastfeeding truly gives an enormous effect towards the health of a mother and child. Breast milk contains nutrients which are highly beneficial for an infant's health and growth. Among other benefits for a baby is it helps to develop the baby's intelligence, it is very clean and it can save a baby from various diseases. There are lots of explanations in Islam with regards to the important position of breast milk in the life of a child however; there is lack of empirical evidences pointing out the importance of breastfeeding for health care from the Islamic perspective. In view of these the present paper aimed at studying the importance of breastfeeding for both child and mother according to the perspectives of Islam. This research is based on literature review method. Data was collected through documents analysis which consists of turath (traditional) and modern books as well as articles related to breastfeeding. The review revealed the importance of breast milk for a baby's health; apparently the opinions of scientists are in parallel with the opinions of fuqaha. In fact, fuqaha from Shafi'i and Hambali sects obliged the feeding of al laba' which is colostrum to newborn babies. Conclusively, Muslims are made by the Islamic injunctions to believe that breast milk is just an effort to prevent a child and a mother from being inflicted with any diseases. This paper provides an important highlight that the breastfeeding is not only significance according to science but also because it fulfils the syarak requirements.