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role is instantaneous, while Childbirth must also by no
the woman has to bear the means be regarded as something
burden of pregnancy for instantaneous. Rather, it is
several months. If we add to preceded, accompanied and
it the time she must spend on followed by pains, indispositions
suckling, nurture, cherishing and possible side-effects. It is
and bringing up her child, further known that after
then we see that her role is delivery, the woman needs
much longer than the man's. rest for the first few weeks,
(Misbah Yazdi, 1991) so as to regain her normal
In the holy Quran, disposition. (Misbah Yazdi, 1991)
pregnancy is described as After the struggles of
hardship and weakness upon pregnancy and pain of giving
weakness as it stated: birth, a woman is faced in
“his mother bears him another challenge in her life
with faintings upon faintings of taking care of the new
and his weaning takes born child. She has the duty
two years”. (Quran, 31: 14) of breastfeeding and this task
is difficult for the mother but
In a similar verse, Allah says: is so important for a child.
“…his mother bear him The Most High God says:
and with trouble did “And the mothers should
she bring him forth; suckle their children
and the bearing of him for two whole years
and the weaning of him for him who desires to
was thirty months…”. make complete the time
(Quran, 46: 15)
of suckling; and their
