Can the mother not feed him in exchange for payment, just as another woman would be hired to do it? |
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Kitabun Nafaqat [Maintenance] -
Breastfeeding and custody of children
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Question 1757) - Can the mother not feed him in exchange for payment, just as another woman would be hired to do it?
A: If the nurse is the baby's father's wife or divorcee in ?Iddah who is receiving maintenance then she may not take a fee for feeding her baby; because her maintenance is Wajib upon the father from another aspect. If the divorcee has completed her 'Iddah, she may take a fee for feeding him.
~ al-Quduri ~
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