Fostering and Guardianship
155 questions
Is it permissible for a mother to eat and drink with her children from the money allocated to them from their father's inheritance after his death? How should food be divided between males and females? And is it permissible for visitors to eat from this money?
What are the limits of the legal responsibility of a brother towards his orphaned sister whose affairs he manages? And is he obligated to check on her daily, or is visiting her two days a week sufficient?
Is the questioner considered sinful for not visiting her father, who raised her, on holidays and when he is ill, especially given the father's anger if she observes hijab in front of him or does not stay with her children at his place due to difficult spatial conditions, knowing that the duty to obey her husband and preserve her family is paramount?
Is it permissible for us to distribute our father's money and salary, as he has lost some of his cognitive faculties, without his knowledge? And should the distribution be equal, or treated as an inheritance? And is it permissible to allocate a sum to my brother in return for his care of him?
What is the ruling on adoption in this case, and is the adoptive father considered a mahram to his adopted son's wife and daughters?
Is a marriage considered null and void if there was no guardian for the wife during the marriage contract?
Do the four paternal brothers and the wife inherit from the adopted son?
What is the ruling on a wife serving her husband's mother who lives with her in the same house, is over 60 years old, and has a married daughter and a daughter-in-law from an older son? Is the husband sinful if he leaves his wife to eat alone and, out of filial piety to his parents, eats with them? Is the husband obliged to make his wife ask about his mother in his absence, given that the wife knows the husband's mother is in the same house? Does the wife have the right to say that this is not the right of the mother-in-law?
Is the adopted mother's failure to breastfeed the child she adopted a reason for her not to be considered his mahram, and for it to be obligatory for her not to appear before him? And what are the rulings related to this situation?
What are the correct Islamic legal procedures for sponsoring a child born as a result of an assault, given the refusal to register the child under the sponsor's name and the request for a chromosomal analysis of the child?
Which is better: to continue fostering the adopted child in the hope that the wife's attitude will change, or to return him to the care home, and would there be a sin in returning him?
Is it permissible in Islam to give my name to my wife's son—replacing his biological father's name—in order to facilitate bringing him to Saudi Arabia and to avoid future discrimination between him and my own children, especially since I intend to raise him as my own?
What should the heirs lawfully do regarding their grandfather's siblings from whom inheritance was withheld because their father adopted a male child and attributed him to himself?
Is it permissible to sponsor an orphan for a temporary period in the country of asylum, given that there is no guarantee of remaining there in the future?
Is it permissible to adopt in Islam if the child is nursed by the husband's or wife's sister?
If a wife who was brought to Saudi Arabia is divorced and has children of fostering age, is her husband entitled to deprive her of her children and permanently deport her from the country, knowing that she is unable to take her children to her home country?
What is the ruling of the religion on the process of artificial insemination?
What is the ruling on attributing a child in official documents only to a Muslim family residing in America for the purpose of fostering him, while breastfeeding him and keeping his original name, because American law does not recognize fostering and mandates adoption, out of fear that the child may be adopted by non-Muslim families, which could lead to the loss of his religion? And is there a religious dispensation for this necessity?
Is a 33-year-old woman whose parents have passed away and who has not married considered one of the orphaned women?
What is the ruling of Islamic law concerning a man who was adopted by his parents, and has come to know that he is the son of zina (fornication/adultery)? Is he obligated to change his lineage and search for his biological parents? What is the ruling on his adoption in the first place? And will the son of zina enter Paradise?
Is it permissible for an adult adopted son (20 years old) to continue sitting with his adoptive mother (55 years old) who did not breastfeed him?
Is an adopted girl considered a sister to the husband by Sharia, and is it permissible for her to kiss him as a brother, and is it necessary to disclose the truth of her lineage to whoever proposes to marry her, and is she treated like orphans?
What is the ruling of the Sharia on uncles sponsoring their brother's daughters after their mother seized their money and they refused to live with her due to her bad character, and are they considered their guarantors?
How can one escape the problem of entanglement in an illicit relationship that led to pregnancy and abortion, then another pregnancy, along with feelings of guilt and despair concerning seeking forgiveness from God?