The Cow
2. Al-Baqarah
البقرة
al-Baqarah (The Cow)
ٱلْبَقَرَة
2:233
وَالْوَالِدَاتُ
يُرْضِعْنَ
أَوْلَادَهُنَّ
حَوْلَيْنِ
كَامِلَيْنِ
لِمَنْ
أَرَادَ
أَن
يُتِمَّ
الرَّضَاعَةَ
وَعَلَى
الْمَوْلُودِ
لَهُ
رِزْقُهُنَّ
وَكِسْوَتُهُنَّ
بِالْمَعْرُوفِ
لَا
تُكَلَّفُ
نَفْسٌ
إِلَّا
وُسْعَهَا
لَا
تُضَارَّ
وَالِدَةٌ
بِوَلَدِهَا
وَلَا
مَوْلُودٌ
لَّهُ
بِوَلَدِهِ
وَعَلَى
الْوَارِثِ
مِثْلُ
ذَلِكَ
فَإِنْ
أَرَادَا
فِصَالًا
عَن
تَرَاضٍ
مِّنْهُمَا
وَتَشَاوُرٍ
فَلَا
جُنَاحَ
عَلَيْهِمَا
وَإِنْ
أَرَدتُّمْ
أَن
تَسْتَرْضِعُوا
أَوْلَادَكُمْ
فَلَا
جُنَاحَ
عَلَيْكُمْ
إِذَا
سَلَّمْتُم
مَّا
آتَيْتُم
بِالْمَعْرُوفِ
وَاتَّقُوا
اللَّهَ
وَاعْلَمُوا
أَنَّ
اللَّهَ
بِمَا
تَعْمَلُونَ
بَصِيرٌ
wa-l-wālidātu yurḍiʿna ʾawlādahunna ḥawlayni kāmilayni li-man ʾarāda ʾan yutimma r-raḍāʿata wa-ʿalā l-mawlūdi lahū rizquhunna wa-kiswatuhunna bi-l-maʿrūfi lā tukallafu nafsun ʾillā wusʿahā lā tuḍārra wālidatun bi-waladihā wa-lā mawlūdun lahū bi-waladihī wa-ʿalā l-wārithi mithlu dhālika fa-ʾin ʾarādā fiṣālan ʿan tarāḍin minhumā wa-tashāwurin fa-lā junāḥa ʿalayhimā wa-ʾin ʾaradtum ʾan tastarḍiʿū ʾawlādakum fa-lā junāḥa ʿalaykum ʾidhā sallamtum mā ʾātaytum bi-l-maʿrūfi wa-ttaqū llāha wa-ʿlamū ʾanna llāha bi-mā taʿmalūna baṣīrun
Mothers will breast feed their babies for two years if the fathers want them to complete this term. The father has to pay them reasonable expenses. No soul is responsible for what is beyond its ability. None of the parents should suffer any loss from the other because of the baby. The heirs are responsible to look after the children of a deceased. It is no sin for the parents to have a mutual agreement about weaning the baby. There is no sin in hiring a woman to breast feed your children for a reasonable payment. Have fear of God and know that God is well aware of what you do.
