Buying baby bassinets called 'Moses baskets'

15-4-2015 | IslamWeb

Question:

As-salaamu 3laikum, In my country they sell a kind of baskets for a baby to sleep in for the first few weeks. They call them 'Moses baskets' because of the mother of Musa 3laihis-salaam putting him in the river in a basket. I'm not sure if it actually was a basket or a box but that is what they say. Anyway I don't want to buy one, I want to buy a cot in sha Allah but I need to buy some sheets and blankets for it and sometimes they advertise them by saying these sheets and blankets are suitable for cots or Moses baskets. If they are advertised in that way can I buy them or do I have to look for ones which do not mention that? Jazaakum Allahu khairan

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Answer:

All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, is His slave and Messenger.

What you have mentioned does not indicate that it is Islamically forbidden to buy a basket called a "Moses basket" or to buy anything that the child needs associated with such a basket.

Allaah Knows best.