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)

Books

• AMANI Birth: Assisting Mothers for Active, Natural, and Instinctive Birth, Aisha Al-Hajjar

• From Safa to Marwa: An Islamically Motivated Guide to Postpartum Care, Sadiyah Bashir (2026)

• Heaven Under Your Feet: Pregnancy for Muslim Women, Umm Hasan Bint Salim

• Motherhood in Islam, Aliah Schleifer

• Born Far From Home: A Midwife’s Search for Meaning, Shannon Staloch

Adoption

• How Muslim Families Use Breastfeeding to Make Adopted Babies Their Own, GreenProphet

• Islamic Law, Adoptions and Kafalah, Faisal Kutty

Special Needs Children

• Muhsen

• What is Allah’s Wisdom of Having a Child with a Disability? Omar Suleiman

Loss

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

• Ibrahim's Tree

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