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.
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.
Muslims have some very simple rites for welcoming a child. 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.
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].
Parents who follow Islamic birth traditions also celebrate the birth of a newborn by performing the tahnik and aqiqah rituals. Tahnik involves applying a small amount of softened date or honey to the baby's palate, followed by recitation of the doa (supplication).
How do you say congratulations when a baby is born in Islam? Well we can say “Mabrouk!” meaning congratulations. We also make du'a and ask for blessings.
The Qur'an says that women must breastfeed their children for two years. It's a birth spacing policy that comes from Islam. Traditions allow women to go to their parents' homes to breastfeed their children for two years, which allows them to not have closely spaced pregnancies.
Liqaa'aat al-Baab il-Maftooh (86/question no. 17). 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.
The imam explains those who follow the Islamic faith believe the soul is separated from the body during death. But the soul lives on and may visit loved ones on the seventh and 40th days after death as well as one year later.
The agreed upon minimum duration of pregnancy is six months whereas the maximum length was subject to strong disagreement given the lack of any relevant instruction in the Qur'an and the Prophetic tradition.
The seven-day haircut is a religious obligation, part of the child's 'initiation' into Muslim life, says Shaykh Abdool Rahman Khan, resident scholar at the Islamic Foundation of Villa Park. The general idea is that shaving the baby's head-removing the hair grown in the womb-cleanses the body at the beginning of life.
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.
In the Muslim section of the cemetery, the graves of babies are clearly distinguishable from the adult graves by being smaller. Some of these small graves are simple grassy mounds, as are some of the adult graves. But many of them have elaborately decorated tombstones, some of them crafted by stone-carvers in Pakistan.
“From the earth We created you, and into it We will return you, and from it We will extract you another time.” Some Muslim scholars encourage us to bury our newborn baby's placenta and umbilical cord after their birth.
It is known that we Muslims usually will bury the placenta and umbilical cord. For the practise of burying the placenta, there is no well known Sunnah about it. However like any organs, it should be treated properly with respect and that is to clean it and bury it properly.
To conclude, the maternal and fetal human placenta that is separated from a child is pure and not considered as najis. Thus, it is sunnah to wrap the maternal and fetal parts of the human placenta with a suitable cloth, whether it is washed first or not, then buried properly at a suitable place, honouring is the owner.
Cremation is prohibited under Islamic law because, unlike in some cultures, it is considered a violation of the dignity of the human body. Based on reports attributed to Prophet Muhammed it is mustaḥab (or preferred)—i.e., not farḍ/wājib (compulsory)—to bury the dead bodies quickly.
The Islamic faith doesn't allow coffins or burial caskets. Instead, those burying the body will place stones or wood at the bottom of the grave to prevent the body from contacting the soil and gently lay their loved one on top with their right side facing the qibla.
Trimming hair and nails
Generally, this emanates from the belief that nails and hair were given to the children by the deceased as a parent and as such they shouldn't be trimmed during the mourning period and after the burial. At least you should wait for 49 days.
There is no single attitude to contraception within Islam; however eight of the nine classic schools of Islamic law permit it. But more conservative Islamic leaders have openly campaigned against the use of condoms or other birth control methods, thus making population planning in many countries ineffective.
Muslims believe that health, illness, birth, life, and death all come from Allah. Thus, Muslim women do not perceive labor pain and illness as a form of punishment but rather as a way of atonement for one's sins, test of faith, and more importantly giving birth is glorious [32].
The Quran does not prohibit birth control, nor does it forbid a husband or wife to space preg- nancies or limit their number. Thus, the great majority of Islamic jurists believe that family plan- ning is permissible in Islam.
It is enough of an honour for girls that the Prophets, may Allah exalt their mention, had daughters and that most of the children of our beloved Prophet were daughters, namely: Zaynab, Ruqayyah, Umm Kalthoom and Fatimah.
Imam Abu Hanifa and Imam Malik consider circumcision to be recommended but not obligatory. This means that if done, its doer is rewarded by God, and if not done, there is no punishment or reward. The scholars agree that circumcision entails the removal of all or the majority of the foreskin that covers the glans only.
Islam has prohibited from imposing more work on children which do not have the power to do. In the holy Qur᾽an, the saying is, “Allah does not delegate any hurtful responsibility to anyone, which is beyond his ability” (Surah al-Baqarah). اايمََِك الَّْوَق .