Is the title "laqeet" (foundling) applied to the child of zina whose parentage is known, or is it limited to the one of unknown parentage found in the street? And is it permissible for the child of zina to call his father "my father"? And is the daughter of zina considered a mahram to her father?
The foundling is an abandoned child, whether born of fornication or a valid marriage. The majority of jurists hold that a child born of fornication is not attributed to the fornicator. A man's daughter from fornication is not among his mahram (unmarriageable kin), so he is not permitted to be in seclusion with her or to look at her, but she is forbidden for him to marry.
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