We want to take a girl from an orphanage to sponsor her, raise her, and treat her kindly. Is there anything required of us?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: We live in a country other than this one, and my mother went to an orphanage wanting to take one of their girls. We live in a country other than this one, and my mother went to an orphanage wanting to take one of their girls to sponsor her, raise her, and treat her kindly. His question is: Is there anything required of my mother in this?
Answer:
No, this is a good thing. If she wants to raise a child who has no one, to treat him kindly and bring him up in obedience and in Islam, this is a good thing. This is part of being kind to orphans.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: We live in a country other than this one, and my mother went to an orphanage wanting to take one of their girls. We live in a country other than this one, and my mother went to an orphanage wanting to take one of their girls to sponsor her, raise her, and treat her kindly. His question is: Is there anything required of my mother in this?
Answer:
No, this is a good thing. If she wants to raise a child who has no one, to treat him kindly and bring him up in obedience and in Islam, this is a good thing. This is part of being kind to orphans.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [865 -939] نريد أن نأخذ طفلة من ملجأ الأيتام لنقوم بكفالتها وتربيتها والإحسان إليها فهل علينا شيء؟ — youtube.com
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