of human life. A baby, who has a suitable feeding in his early life, will obtain full growth and will be a vigorous and vivid person in future. The more one obeys divine orders, the healthier is his body and soul.

In this paper, hadiths about breastfeeding have been studied and after comprising with experimental sciences, they are divided into four part based on their indications. The first part deals with this issue as the experimental sciences do e.g. the importance of breastfeeding. The second part is concerned with recommendations about continuation of breastfeeding which, in comparison with medical sciences, are more useful and prosperous. The third part deals with those hadiths which come up with characteristics and importance of nurse. The fourth part is dedicated to breastfeeding duration which is seemingly contrary to what experimental sciences prescribe. The World Health Organization holds that breastfeeding should last for six months while hadiths advise that it should last, at least, up to ٢١ months. The authors of the present paper try to view the above mentioned issues from different perspectives.

Key Words: Breastfeeding, Health, Experimental Sciences, Hadith, Breastfeeding Period.

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Shaykh Bahai's Methodology of Comprehension of Hadith

Based on Mashriq al-Shamsayn & Ixir al-Sa`adatayn

Ali Raad[١]

Shaykh Bahai is of those prominent faqihs and subtle traditionists whose work is full of intelligence and subtleties. He is an expert in reporting semantic subtleties and contextual intricacies. To carry out this difficult task, he has utilized general properties of text comprehension and its special rules. In the field of fiqh al-hadith (comprehension of hadith), he has a special style and logical approach to collecting legal statements, understanding the text, finding out its purpose, and presenting them. This logical system contains special subtleties and innovations regarding hadith analysis. The author of the present paper tries to explain Shaykh Bahai's methodology of comprehension of hadith, based on Mashriq al-Shamsayn and Ixir al-Sa`adatayn

Key Words: Shaykh Bahai, Comprehension of Hadith, Mashriq al-Shamsayn, Methods and Rules.

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[١] Academic member of Faculty of Hadith Sciences