Fostering and Guardianship
155 questions
What is the ruling on adoption and attributing the adopted child to the one who adopted him?
Should I continue sponsoring the orphan, or is it more deserving to repay my debt and help my father, given my financial hardship?
What is the ruling of Islamic law concerning how to dispose of the patronymic (kunya) and the profits resulting from the publication of the adopted person's books, the inheritance received from him, and the house bequeathed by him, after the person discovers his true lineage and the details of the adoption?
Is a female employee sinful for preparing social research reports for families wishing to adopt, given that she is compelled to do so by her manager and informs the families of the impermissibility of adoption in Islam?
Is it permissible to register a child of unknown parentage—whose mother was raped by Qaddafi's brigades—in the family register after sponsoring him, knowing that he was suckled by the wife's sister?
Is it permissible to adopt an illegitimate child and give him the family name, provided that he is informed of the truth when he grows up? And does he have the same reward as an orphan?
What is your advice to a husband who insults his wife and repeatedly curses and raises his voice in front of people and children?
Should the wife's sister be informed that she is an illegitimate child, and should her husband be informed of that, given that there is a birth certificate proving she is the wife's sister, and is she entitled to inheritance?
Is eating and drinking from the orphan care funds that the family receives, in addition to the salary of the employed son, considered consuming an orphan's wealth?
Is it obligatory to consult the mother afflicted with Alzheimer's or the children before giving charity from her money?
What is the ruling on a person giving their money and properties to an "adopted" child without the permission of the the heirs? Is this considered inheritance or a gift?
What is the ruling on money paid by a man to orphans: should it be kept until they grow up, or spent only on them, or mixed with the mother's money and spent on household expenses such as rent, electricity, food, and clothing for them and for her?
Is a girl whose parents divorced and who lived without a father's affection, care, or security considered fatherless, even though he is alive and she is a young woman?
What is the ruling of Islamic law on conceiving a child and giving him up to an aunt who is deprived of offspring, on the condition from the aunt's husband that the child be registered in his name?
Is sponsoring an orphan from an orphanage and raising them at home permissible or forbidden?
What is the religious ruling on the inheritance of an adopted child from an illegitimate relationship, who is legally registered as the daughter of the deceased, and is her inclusion in the inheritance declaration without invalidating her lineage considered participation in a forbidden act?
Is a divorced woman obligated to obey her father in his refusal to allow her to have her children, or does she have the right to file a lawsuit demanding their custody?
Is the husband entitled to prevent his wife from visiting her irreligious birth family, which includes a sister who practices prostitution, especially since she was raised by another family that adopted her?
What is the sister's legal position, and is she sinful if she neglects the child of unknown parentage whom she sponsored, and his condition deteriorates due to her negligence? Is it permissible to call her "Umm so-and-so" (the child's name)? And is the child's living with her alone permissible in Islamic law?
What is the ruling on using the orphans' money (my deceased sister's children) with the intention of a loan to be repaid later, with the grandmother's (my mother's) approval? What is the legal age for handing over money to an orphan? And is this money divided equally between male and female, or does the male receive the share of two females, knowing that its source is the sale of the orphans' mother's belongings and the grandmother's deductions from their father's allowance without their permission? And is the term "orphan" applied only to one who has lost one of their parents?
Is it permissible for a girl who was adopted by a man to continue living with him after she learns that he is not her biological father?
What should a wife do if her husband adopted a child and registered him in court as his son, and then the husband died, knowing that changing lineage in Iraq is very difficult?
How should money provided by philanthropists for orphans living with their grandmother and their employed mother be handled, taking into account the needs of the grandmother, the household, and daily expenses? Is the spending restricted to the orphans only, or does it include household expenses?
Is it permissible to nurse a baby boy and a baby girl from different mothers so that they become siblings through rada'a (nursing) for the purpose of forging a bond between the two families, given the parents' apprehension about the potential impact of this on their future marriage, and is this act forbidden or discouraged, especially since there is a history of consanguineous marriages that have caused hereditary diseases?