Bunūk al-ḥalīb

Bār, Muḥammad ʿAlī al- 1986

LongWorkDescription:	maǧallat muǧammaʿ al-fiqh al-islāmī. li-muʾtamar maǧmaʿ al-fiqh al-islāmī. Bd 2, Teil 1/ munaẓẓamat al-muʾtamar al-islāmī. muǧammaʿ al-fiqh al-islāmī.
PageRange:	391-406
PlacePublished:	Dschidda
Abstract:	The study deals with the establishment of milk banks that were reconsidered in Europe and the USA. Women who produce a lot of milk can sell it to help other women who do not produce enough to still the suckling’s hunger by breastfeeding. The study names reasons for the importance of breast milk mentioning antibodies and how breast milk helps to prevent infections and it compares human milk with the milk of animals. It considers the cases in which breast milk from another woman than the mother might be needed such as the case of premature babies, infants being very small and infected babies. It expounds the dangers of milk banks and mentions following difficulty: In Islam infants drinking milk of the same woman become prohibited to each other (muḥarram) and are not allowed to marry. The study points out the problem that, with the establishment of anonymous milk banks, people do not know about their “sisters and brothers-of-breastfeeding” and are at risk of marrying a prohibited (muḥarram) without knowing it. It defines breastfeeding and treats the issue from different perspectives to come to a conclusion.
ArabicPersianTitle:	بنوك الحليب
ArabicPersianAuthor:	محمد علي البار
Keywords:	Midwifery and Nursing
Region:	Middle East
Citation:	Bār, Muḥammad ʿAlī al-, "Bunūk al-ḥalīb", 1986, 391-406.