Fostering and Guardianship
155 questions
Must the orphan's guardian have the orphan live with him in the house, or is it sufficient to pay the sponsorship amount to the orphanage? And is the sponsorship a one-time payment or does it continue until the orphan reaches maturity?
Were the marriages of the the Prophet, may God's prayers and peace be upon him, for the purpose of benefiting the call [to Islam], and for enjoying what God made lawful for him?
What are the duties incumbent upon a stepfather towards his wife's children from her first marriage? Does he have the right to command them to pray or compel them to do so? Is it permissible for the son to address his mother's husband as "father"?
Is it permissible to undertake administrative adoption of my sister's two daughters, with everyone being aware of their lineage, in order to facilitate travel and movement for them, and to protect them from destitution after their parents' divorce and their mother's plan to marry her lover?
What is the ruling on fostering an infant from an association, and what are the rights resulting from that in light of the Qur’an and Sunnah? And does breastfeeding have an impact?
What is the ruling on someone who finds a foundling and registers him under his and his wife's names, taking him as a son due to the wife's inability to conceive, and is there any prohibition in that? And how can this situation be rectified, given that neither family knows the truth about the child's lineage?
Is it forbidden to adopt and raise a child at home because he will eventually reach puberty while the wife is present, or is it permissible given that it is sponsoring an orphan, especially if that is the only solution to avoid divorce due to infertility?
Is it considered a sin to stop paying the usual sponsorship amount to relatives who receive a sufficient pension, and are these individuals deserving of sponsorship?
Is it permissible for the current husband to attribute the daughter to himself after her father and his family have abandoned her, knowing that she is his biological daughter, and what is the stance regarding her paternal siblings, and should she be informed of the truth when she grows up, and what is the solution to avoid future trauma for her, taking into consideration that registering her as "father unknown" might cause her shame and disgrace?
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 it permissible to account for hospitality and other expenses of a commercial shop from the shop's funds, in which orphans have a share, without their knowledge?
Is an orphan one whose father has died and whose mother remains, or one whose mother and father have died?
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?
Does the adoptive mother sin by preventing her adopted daughter from visiting her biological mother, and is the girl's failure to visit her biological mother considered disobedience?
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 it permissible for a grandmother to invest her minor granddaughter's money and consume the profits from this investment, or do the profits entirely revert to the granddaughter?
Is it true that it is not permissible to eat, drink, or take anything from a house with an orphan in it, and does this statement have any basis in Islamic law?
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?