Burying the placenta The burial of the placenta was mentioned by all the participants as an Islamic recommended practice; they explained that as it is an obligation to bury the dead human body and it is encouraged to bury any separate part of the human body if possible out of respect.
Placental tissue is considered part of the human body and should therefore be buried and not incinerated as presently happens in the United Kingdom. If this practice was widely known among the Muslims, they may take exception.
In Islam, must the placenta be buried after the birth of the baby? While some scholars are of the opinion that it is encouraged to bury the placenta, it is not compulsory. For those who wish to bury it, it should be done properly and safely. It is also permissible to leave it at the hospital.
However, as for as we know, there is no evidence that it is obligatory to bury the placenta, or that a particular Quranic verse is to be recited on burying it. 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.
The Malay believe that following this tradition will ensure the child will grow up to be hardworking and a good student5. But in Ukraine the beliefs were the opposite: the midwife must not bury the placenta in a doorway or any place where it would be stepped over, or else the mother would become infertile6.
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.
Human placenta has been used traditionally in Chinese medicine, though the mother is not identified as the recipient of these treatments.
When a new baby is born into a Muslim family, the following events take place: The Adhan (a statement of faith) is whispered into the baby's right ear as soon after birth as possible. The baby is also given something sweet to taste. The Aqiqah is a ceremony on the 7th day.
This belief is rooted in Muslims' different approach to life such that they view life as a complete cycle and not ending in death. 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.
The Mayans also honor the sacred bond between the mother and her baby by burying the placenta under a special tree. This ritual is said to give protective powers over the child. In both Japanese and Chinese culture, the placenta burial is believed to bestow blessings or protection for the child's future.
Do Hospitals Keep Placentas? Hospitals treat placentas as medical waste or biohazard material. The newborn placenta is placed in a biohazard bag for storage. Some hospitals keep the placenta for a period of time in case the need arises to send it to pathology for further analysis.
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.
To sum up: Caesarean section should not be resorted to except in cases of necessity, when natural childbirth is not possible, or it poses a danger to the mother or the child. And Allaah knows best.
You can recite Bismillah if you wish. However, it should be understood that one should bury the umbilical cord and not let the hospital take it as they will burn the remains and one is not allowed to burn a part of a human being.
The Jewish Pregnancy Book says that, according to the Talmud, the placenta should be preserved in a bowl with oil, straw, or sand and buried in the earth a few days after the baby's birth to symbolize the cycle of life.
Cord blood donation therefore is permissible in Islam as it fulfills the conditions stated by the fatwa. A Muslim can donate his/her cord blood as the blood contain cells vital to replace the blood cells in a person who has leukemia, bone marrow failure or certain rare inherited diseases.
The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “When a person's child dies, Allah the Most High asks His angels, 'Have you taken out the life of the child of My slave? ' They reply in the affirmative.
Miscarriages involving the fetus of age over six months should be bathed, shrouded, prayed and buried. Similarly, miscarriages that involve the fetus of age below six months and the fetus is delivered alive should be bathed, shrouded, prayed and buried.
(Quran: Surah Az-zumar, 39:Ayah 6). “He makes you in the wombs of your mothers in stages, one after another, in three veils of darkness..” This statement is from Sura 39:6.
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.
Summary of answer
When a baby is born, it is recommended to do tahnik for the baby and to pray for him. It is permissible to name the child on the first day or on the seventh. It is recommended to offer aqiqah. It is sunnah to give adhan into the baby's right ear.
Muslim birth rites
The Muslim call to prayer or adhaan ("God is great, there is no God but Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. Come to prayer.") are the first words a newborn Muslim baby should hear. They are whispered into the right ear of the child by his or her father.
"I started researching and read about so many moms who felt this same way and said the overall healing process was so much easier." Kim's sister Kourtney Kardashian ate her placenta after she gave birth to her third son Reign last year. And it's becoming a growing trend with more and more mums trying it.
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.
Hilary Duff
The actress, who had an at-home, "natural, drug-free," water birth, later revealed that she drank her placenta in a smoothie on Dr. Elliot Berlin's Informed Pregnancy podcast. "It was the most delightful smoothie I've ever had," she said. "I haven't had a smoothie that delightful since I was 10.