Do adopted grandsons have a right to inheritance?
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Question:
He says: I have an adopted son who died and left behind two sons and a daughter. Do they have a right to the inheritance?
Answer:
Yes, his children inherit from him. As for you, you do not inherit from him because he is not your son. Allah abolished adoption in Surat al-Ahzab:[Al-Ahzab 33:4] Therefore, adoption is not permissible in Islam. However, if you take a child who has no one and raise him and treat him well, that is good. But you do not adopt him and say, "This is my son." If you take him, treat him well, raise him, and provide for him, there is nothing wrong with that; it is good. But if you adopt him and he becomes like your children, no, that is forbidden and not permissible. "And He did not make your adopted sons your sons" — that is what you say with your mouths, but Allah says the truth: [Al-Ahzab 33:4-5] He is not your adopted son, but he is only your brother in Islam.
He says: I have an adopted son who died and left behind two sons and a daughter. Do they have a right to the inheritance?
Answer:
Yes, his children inherit from him. As for you, you do not inherit from him because he is not your son. Allah abolished adoption in Surat al-Ahzab:
And he has not made your adopted sons your [true] sons
وَمَا جَعَلَ أَدْعِيَاءَكُمْ أَبْنَاءَكُمْand He guides to the [right] way. (5) Call them by [the names of] their fathers; it is more just in the sight of Allah. But if you do not know their fathers - then they are [still] your brothers in religion
وَهُوَ يَهْدِي السَّبِيلَ ادْعُوهُمْ لِآبَائِهِمْ هُوَ أَقْسَطُ عِندَ اللَّهِ فَإِن لَّمْ تَعْلَمُوا آبَاءَهُمْ فَإِخْوَانُكُمْ فِي الدِّينِ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل لأبناء الابن بالتبني الحق في الميراث؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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