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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?

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Adoption is Islamically forbidden, and it does not alter the fact that the adopted child is not the daughter of the adopter, according to the Almighty’s saying: "Call them by [the names of] their fathers; that is more just in the sight of Allah." It is permissible for the adopted child to live with the one who adopted her, provided that she stays in a separate part of the house and treats him as a stranger. Thus, he should not be alone with her, nor should she remove her head covering in front of him, unless the adopter is among "men who have no sexual desire."

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