Resources for Muslim Families

Pregnancy

• Habib 'Umar bin Hafiz advice on du'a for pregnancy and labor
• Fasting for Pregnant and Nursing Women, Sheikh Faraz Rabbani
• Ramdan - Fasting with Child, Hakima Midwifery

Labor and Childbirth

• Muslim Birthworkers Directory
• Prayer during childbirth, Sheikha Tamara Gray
• Purification and prayer during childbirth (fiqh)
• 10 Reasons why you need a doula at your next labor, onislam.net
• The blessing of a Muslim doula

Postpartum

• Is Placenta Encapsulation Halal? (fiqh)
• Should the placenta be buried after childbirth? (fiqh)

Birth Stories from Muslim Moms

• Birth Story, Umm Yusuf
• My Journey to a Home Birth Part I, Part II, This Little Life of Mine
• My Pregnancy, Labour and Birth, Umm Dean
• My Short Sweet Birth Story, Happy Muslim Mama
• Saudi Birth Story, Aisha al-Hajjar
• There's No Place Like Home Birth, Traditional Muslimah Homemaker

Listservs, Facebook Groups and Pages

• Muslim Guide to Pregnancy, Labour and Birth
• Muslim Mom Network
• Muslim Mom Network Google Group
• Single Muslim Mums
• The Pregnant Muslimah

Books

• AMANI Birth: Assisting Mothers for Active, Natural, and Instinctive Birth, Aisha al-Hajjar
• Heaven Under Your Feet: Pregnancy for Muslim Women, Umm Hasan Bint Salim
• Motherhood in Islam, Aliah Schleifer

Adoption

• How Muslim Families Use Breastfeeding to Make Adopted Babies Their Own, GreenProphet
• Islamic Law, Adoptions and Kafalah, Faisal Kutty

Loss

• Children of Jannah: Coping with the Loss of a Child, Yasmin Mogahed (video)
• Ibrahim's Tree