Introduction 16- Breastfeeding: The Qur’ân defines a full two-year period for breast-feeding of infants. This agrees with what modern health practice prescribes. Only recently, has the vital importance of breastfeeding been fully realized. Mother’s milk is a perfectly balanced, easily digested food, that also provides antibodies essential both for immunization and anti-allergy:
§ The mothers shall give suck to their children for two whole years, for those who desire to complete the term of suckling. [2/233] |