Abstract
Islam promotes strong ties between parents and the children and extends relationship to even the foster mother, serving the infants. To become a child of a foster-mother one of the conditions is that she breast-feeds him at least five times. The Shariah scholars have two different perspectives on this condition. This article seeks to elaborate on these distinct views, keeping in view the hypothesis of the presence of stem cells in breast milk and their role as predecessors for developing and producing majority of the body cells. Preliminary evidence develops that mother's milk contains significant amount of stem cells, which can cross the gut and differentiate and integrate into the organs of the child's body including the brain and reproductive organs to become functional, and genetically relate to his foster mother and her relatives. More experiments are proposed to substantiate the hypothesis that supports the opinion of Hanafis and Malikis Madhabs that is, if a child is breast fed once, the relationship is established, and the child becomes a child of a foster-mother.