Fostering and Guardianship
108 questions
Is it permissible for a woman who cannot conceive to adopt a child and breastfeed him so that she becomes his Mahram through suckling?
What is the legal ruling concerning the adoption of a child, taking into account the existence of procedural obstacles that prevent the child from being in the possession of the female questioner without being registered in her and her husband's names?
What is the ruling on adopting a child born out of wedlock and raising him Islamically, given the complexities of annulling the adoption and the potential marital problems this might cause?
Is a wife obligated to obey her husband in undergoing a permanent birth control procedure, given that she has not yet had children and wishes to conceive, while he refuses procreation due to their financial situation and her health, and insists on the procedure despite her viewing it as an injustice against her?
Does an adopted son inherit, and does he disinherit the grandchildren of the deceased from inheritance if there are a grandson, a granddaughter, and two granddaughters of a son?
Is it permissible to adopt a child or an infant from an orphanage and raise him as a Muslim in America, knowing that adoption is forbidden?
What do you do when you have brought your sick foster mother to be cared for, while your husband refuses to bring your foster father, claiming inability to care for both of them given the presence of young children, and would you be considered disobedient or held accountable by God for traveling to a distant city with your husband?
How can my sister adopt a child and become his guardian such that he becomes a mahram to her and her daughters, even though she did not breastfeed him?
Is sponsoring an abandoned child (laqit) permissible or forbidden, and is such a child considered an orphan?
Is it permissible for a son to gift something to a friend who has no children, and what is the reason for the ruling?
What is the Islamic ruling on a husband who does not adhere to agreements and promises made with his wife and children? And are marital agreements considered promises?
What is the share of each heir from the estate of a man who passed away, leaving four daughters, a full brother, and a male who is considered in the position of his son and inherits what the male son inherits by virtue of a notarized judicial descent contract?
What is the ruling on giving a baby girl to a barren sister, with the agreement of both spouses?
What should a married man with children do, who has discovered that his paternal uncle adopted him when he was five years old, knowing that his official documents and those of his family are in his uncle's name, and he is currently outside his country for work?
Is it forbidden to adopt a foundling, even though he is blameless, knowing that an orphan is not registered under the adopter's name nor does he inherit from his wealth?
What is the ruling of Islamic law on a mother giving her newborn to her husband's paternal uncle, who is deprived of offspring, under a system of sponsorship, knowing that the mother and her husband are well-off?
What is the ruling on a wife's hair being uncovered and her shaking hands with her adopted paternal uncle, and the occurrence of a dispute between the spouses due to the wife's unwillingness to confirm that her grandmother breastfed him, with the husband fearing the sin of his wife being uncovered before a man who is not a mahram?
What is the ruling on money granted by social services for sponsoring an orphan, and is it permissible to take from it according to need, and what should be done with the excess if the allowance is more than the child's necessary expenses?
Is it permissible for the adopted son (foundling) to keep the name of the father who adopted him, knowing that the latter breastfed the child naturally from his wife, and will inform him of the truth of his lineage when he reaches understanding, and he has enough wealth to bequeath to him an amount that would enable him to inherit as one of his own children, in addition to the father's fear for him of people's talk should they learn of his true lineage?
Is it permissible for a Western family that has embraced Islam to breastfeed a child they adopted—despite the prohibition of adoption in Islam—so that the child becomes a mahram to them, by analogy with the incident of Umm Salamah breastfeeding the adult?
Is it permissible, in Sharia, to treat a young man raised in the home as a brother, or does he remain a stranger to the questioner and her children, and how should he be dealt with?
Is it permissible to bury an unbelieving child in Muslim graveyards if a Muslim adopted him and he died before reaching puberty?
Is the quantity of milk that the second wife expressed sufficient to breastfeed the adopted daughter, knowing that it is not enough for half a feeding, for the daughter to become محرم (unmarriageable) to the husband and his sons from the second wife?
Is it permissible for an unmarried woman in Saudi Arabia to sponsor an orphan or a foundling from an orphanage, such that her mother breastfeeds the child, even though she has brothers and other mahrams?