and mothers shall breastfeed their children for two full years – for those who wish to complete the term of milk feeding and the father of the child must provide for food and clothing of the mother in accordance with custom no one will be burdened except with what he can bear a mother should not be harmed because of her child nor he to whom the child is born be harmed because of his child and the same is incumbent on the guardian in place of the father then if the parents desire to wean the child by mutual consent and consultation it is no sin for them and if you wish to give your children out to a nurse it is no sin for you provided you pay to them what is agreed with kindness and keep fearing allah and know well that allah is seeing what you do.
والوالدات يرضعن أولادهن حولين كاملين لمن أراد أن يتم الرضاعة وعلى المولود له رزقهن وكسوتهن بالمعروف لا تكلف نفس إلا وسعها لا تضار والدة بولدها ولا مولود له بولده وعلى الوارث مثل ذلك فإن أرادا فصالا عن تراض منهما وتشاور فلا جناح عليهما وإن أردتم أن تسترضعوا أولادكم فلا جناح عليكم إذا سلمتم ما آتيتم بالمعروف واتقوا الله واعلموا أن الله بما تعملون بصير