Questions: I
regularly feed my newborn baby. I wanted to know if stains of breast milk
make ablution necessary or not? If a nursing woman wants to abide by her
prayers, how much cleanliness of the clothes is necessary? If the mothers
clothes are soaked with milk or with the baby’s urine, does this make a
bath necessary; or changing of clothes will suffice?
Answer: Strains
of breast milk do not make ablution necessary. The cleanliness required
for nursing women depends upon the state of her clothes. If the mother’s
clothes are soaked with breast milk or with the baby’s urine and if the
area affected is not much, then washing them without taking them off or
changing them is enough. Having a bath is no requirement.
In other words, the Shari‘ah does
not impose any restriction on a nursing mother as far as doing wudu or
having a bath is concerned. It leaves it to her comfort and satisfaction.
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