Is sponsoring an abandoned child (laqit) permissible or forbidden, and is such a child considered an orphan?
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Fostering an abandoned child (laqeet) is a communal obligation (fard kifayah). An abandoned child whose parents are unknown is treated like an orphan. Therefore, whoever fosters such a child is considered, by ruling, to be fostering an orphan.
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