We can conclude from the above two references that the umbilical cord is considered a part of the newborn baby's body. Thus, the original ruling is that it is sunnah to bury the umbilical cord the same as the ruling for nails, hair and blood such as the blood from cupping, honouring the human body.
Some Muslim scholars encourage us to bury our newborn baby's placenta and umbilical cord after their birth.
Box it. Newborn babies normally leave the hospital with the stump of their umbilical cord still attached. Between five and 15 days after the baby's birth, it will dry out, turn black and drop off. Some parents decide to keep the remainder of the cord as a keepsake and store it in a special box or scrapbook.
After giving birth, indigenous women in rural West Mexico traditionally bury the umbilical cord underneath a tree on their land. This ritual symbolizes the planting of roots for their child in the land and in the community, thus reaffirming the child's cultural connections.
Neither the ritual wash nor the shrouding is necessary for these babies. Placental tissue is considered part of the human body and should therefore be buried and not incinerated as presently happens in the United Kingdom.
Islamic scholars state that the burial of placenta is qiyas (analogically deduced) of the sunnah of burying any parts from a human that are separated from him, such as nail, hair and others. Hence, the same applies to human placenta.
As regards what you mentioned that whatever is buried will come out as the people leave the spot, it is closer to baseless falsehood and superstitions. In any case, burying the placenta is the same as burying any part of the body like the nail and others, and there are no particular rites to be done on burying them.
We can conclude from the above two references that the umbilical cord is considered a part of the newborn baby's body. Thus, the original ruling is that it is sunnah to bury the umbilical cord the same as the ruling for nails, hair and blood such as the blood from cupping, honouring the human body.
After the umbilical cord is cut, it is often thrown away, along with the life-saving hematopoietic stem cells. But parents can request their child's umbilical cord blood be donated instead. The donation process begins when your baby no longer needs the umbilical cord.
Yes, you can dispose of your baby's umbilical cord stump after it falls off.
Unless donated, the placenta, umbilical cord, and stem cells they contain are discarded as medical waste.
After birth, the doctor or midwife cuts your baby's umbilical cord from the placenta and puts a clamp on the remaining stump, to pinch it off. This will not hurt you or your baby. Do not remove the clamp – it will fall off on its own.
Therefore, Islamic culture has made it clear that piercing is Haram and that it should not be done at all, because it is considered mutilation of the body that Allah himself gave them and that their body is Allah's and they must take care of it in all ways, let alone God forbid it occurs to them to deliberately damage ...
Imam al-Nawawi stated in al-Majmu': It is sunnah to shave the hair of a newborn baby on the seventh day. Our madhhab stated that it is also sunnah to give in charity the equivalent weight in gold of the weight of the baby's hair.
Cord blood contains cells called hematopoietic stem cells. These cells can turn into any kind of blood cell and can be used for transplants that can cure diseases such as blood disorders, immune deficiencies, metabolic diseases, and some kinds of cancers.
The umbilical cord is usually thrown away after birth. But the blood inside the cord can be saved, or banked, for possible later use. The blood is drawn from the umbilical cord after the cord has been clamped and cut.
A lotus birth is the decision to leave your baby's umbilical cord attached after they are born. The umbilical cord remains attached to the placenta until it dries and falls off by itself. What are the risks of lotus birth? There are no research studies available on this topic.
Donation of blood (including umbilical cord blood) is regarded as permissible in Islam because “cupping” (the traditional medical practice of drawing blood – or “bloodletting” – by application of vacuum containers to the skin) was practised by the Prophet for health reasons.
Parents typically save and protect the umbilical cord stump in hopes that it will help keep their child out of harm's way. Some may give the stump to their son or daughter when it's time for them to move out or get married — a symbol of the adult child gaining independence.
The burial of the placenta and umbilical cord is thought to restore the woman's fertility and help heal her womb.
For Muslims the period of postnatal seclusion traditionally lasts 40 days. The religious rituals are performed on the 40th day and these include shaving the child's head, as a vaginal birth is considered unclean. This act permits, what is considered, the growth of 'new' and 'clean' hair [33].
It is believed in Islam that deceased fetuses will visit their parents at heaven gates. They even may guide their mothers if they are patient and have hope in God's rewards. As a result, parents would act with more patience upon the death of their babies and cope better with the issue.
A placenta is “human tissue”, which the law says must be incinerated at a high temperature or buried at a significant depth and not placed in domestic or council waste bins. It is your responsibility to ask your local council if there are any particular guidelines in your municipality and to follow them.
The early Islamic Jurists also did not discuss the status of Islamic ruling on eating any part of the human body, including the Placenta, as this point was never occurred to them (beyond their imagination on that time).