Is the questioner considered a foundling if her father committed adultery with her mother and begot her, then married and divorced her? Is it permissible for her to be attributed to her adulterous father? If her stepmother and father refuse to marry her off, is it permissible for her to elope with her suitor or choose another guardian to marry her?

According to the majority of scholars, a girl born out of wedlock is not attributed to her biological father from adultery. She is considered a stranger to his children from another mother. If a man of good character and religious commitment proposes to her, she may refer her case to the judge to solemnize her marriage, as she has no guardian. For the judge is the guardian of one who has no guardian.