وَالْوَالِدَاتُ یُرْضِعْنَ أَوْلادَهُنَّ حَوْلَیْنِ کَامِلَیْنِ لِمَنْ أَرَادَ أَن یُتِمَّ الرَّضَاعَةَ وَعَلَى الْمَوْلُودِ لَهُ رِزْقُهُنَّ وَکِسْوَتُهُنَّ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ لاَتُکَلَّفُ نَفْسٌ إلاّ وُسْعَهَا لاَ تُضَآرَّ وَالِدَةُ بِوَلَدِهَا وَلاَ مَوْلُودٌ لَهُ بِوَلَدِهِ وَعَلَى الْوَارِثِ مِثْلُ ذَلِکَ فَإِنْ أَرَادَا فِصَالاً عَن تَرَاض مِنْهُمَا وَتَشَاوُر فَلاَ جُنَاحَ عَلَیْهِمَا وإِنْ أَرَدتُّمْ أَن تَسْتَرْضِعُواْ أَوْلادَکُمْ فَلاَ جُنَاحَ عَلَیْکُمْ إِذَا سَلَّمْتُم مَّا ءَاتَیْتُم بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَاتَّقُواْ اللهَ وَاعْلَمُواْ أَنَّ اللهَ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بصِیرٌ(( 233 ))

233- MOTHERS SHALL SUCKLE THEIR CHILDREN FOR TWO WHOLE YEARS. THIS IS FOR THOSE WHO INTEND TO COMPLETE THE SUCKLING TERM. AND IT IS FOR THE FATHER TO PROVIDE FOR THE CHILDREN AND TO CLOTHE THEM HONOURABLY. NO ONE IS CHARGED WITH MORE DUTY THAN HE CAN BEAR. NOR A MOTHER SHOULD BE PRESSED FOR HER CHILD, NEITHER THE FATHER. AND THE SAME DUTIES DEVOLVE UPON THE (FATHER'S) HEIR. AND IF AFTER CONSULTATION, THEY DECIDED BY MUTUAL CONSENT TO WEAN THE CHILD, THEY SHALL INCUR NO GUILT. AND IF YOU HAVE DECIDED TO ENGAGE A FOSTER MOTHER, IT IS NO GUILT ON YOU, SO LONG AS YOU PAY THE MOTHER WHAT YOU PROMISED, ACCORDING TO USAGE. AND BEWARE OF ALLAH, AND KNOW THAT ALLAH SEES WHATEVER YOU DO.