Fostering and Guardianship
108 questions
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?
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 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?
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?
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?
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?
Is it permissible for an illegitimate child to communicate with his biological father and his siblings from him, and is it permissible for him to conceal the secret of his birth from his maternal siblings, and who inherits from him, and has he committed a prohibited act against his siblings in the same house?
Is what the questioner feels by way of hatred towards his father, as a result of his father's poor treatment of his mother and children, considered disobedience to parents, and what advice can be offered to him and his mother?
What should a wife do who wishes to separate from her husband due to his ill-treatment and failure to provide for her, but fears divorce and its impact on their adopted child, while also seeking not to relinquish her right to separate?
Is it permissible for a mother to breastfeed her cousin's daughter so that she becomes a sister to her children, even though there is no need for it?
ما هي واجباتي تجاه طفل زوجتي، وهل يجوز لي أن أنسبه لاسمي أو أن يناديني بـ "أبي" مع وجود والده الحي؟
What is the ruling of Islamic law on a relative adopting an illegitimate child and naming him after her husband, then trying to bequeath her apartment to him despite her sisters' refusal, especially with the potential existence of legitimate parents for the child, and how can she be convinced to retract this?
Is it permissible for me, according to Islamic law, to inherit the house from my adoptive father, knowing that adoption is forbidden? What should I do in this difficult situation? Is my marriage valid? What is the ruling of Islamic law regarding adoptive parents? Is there expiation if they made a mistake? What about using their non-original family surname in all my official documents?
What is the ruling on disposing of funds from aid and gifts given to the family of a martyr, and what is the share of each of the wife, the daughter, the martyr's parents, and his siblings from it? Is it permissible for the wife to dispose of her daughter's money to complete her university education?
What is the ruling of Islamic law regarding the marriage of a foundling girl who was raised by a man and attributed to him, while she is unaware of her adoption, and a young man has proposed to her, but her guardians refuse to inform him of the truth about her lineage?
Would a girl adopted by a childless couple and then breastfed by the paternal uncle's wife by suckling, consider all members of the paternal family by suckling to be her cousins?
Is it permissible to revoke the guardianship of a father who consumes alcohol and drugs and beats his daughters, knowing that their mother is divorced and lives in her own private accommodation?
Is it permissible to name the son a name different from the father's name, such that the father's name becomes the third name in the son's composite name, with the addition of the tribe's title?
What is the ruling on one who knew and concealed the matter of adoption? And is disobedience to adoptive parents considered real disobedience? And what is the ruling on adoption itself? And what is the ruling on the biological mother who abandoned her child due to her illness and then returned after 22 years? And is her disobedience forbidden? And what are the duties incumbent upon a son after reaching maturity, knowing a person from his real family without knowing the kinship tie?
Is it permissible for "Azad," the youngest son of "Juwairiyah," to marry the daughter of his maternal uncle "Ahmed," given that "Juwairiyah" breastfed her brother "Ahmed" with the milk of her son "Nuri" only in 1957, without her knowledge of the rulings on breastfeeding, and without knowing the number of feedings, and two other women briefly shared with her in breastfeeding "Ahmed" due to "Ahmed's" mother's illness, and with the intention of saving his life, not adoption, and do the exceptions of mahramiyyah (prohibition of marriage) by breastfeeding or degrees of kinship apply in this case?