What is the ruling on working in Sharia courts that judge between Muslims according to Sharia, and between the People of the Book according to their own laws, given the existence of cases involving the attribution of paternity to an adulterer? And what is the ruling on the salary from these courts?
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"Attributing the lineage of a child born out of wedlock to the fornicator if the fornicator claims him and the mother was not married, is a matter of dispute among scholars. It is permissible according to some scholars, contrary to the majority. Al-Qaffal Al-Shashi Al-Shafi'i held that the child is not attributed to the fornicator even if he claims him, while Al- Al-Basri said that he is attributed to him if he claims him. Abu Hanifa stated that if he marries her before she gives birth, the child is attributed to him; but if he does not marry her, the child is not attributed to him."
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