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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The ruling on claiming a father other than one’s own in a passport

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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. What about a person who holds dual citizenship? And if he finds that in a nationality other than Saudi, he has claimed a father other than his own in his passport. His name in such-and-such a country is different from his name in Saudi Arabia. He may change only the tribal affiliation or the tribe. And he may claim a father other than his own in that. What is the ruling on that?

Answer:
This is not permissible. A man claiming a father other than his own. This is not permissible. It is one of the major sins of this world. Like a freed slave claiming a master other than his heirs. A man claiming a father other than his own. This is among the major sins. For the sake of the debris of this world and the greed of this world. And in this there is also lying to people. And taking wealth by falsehood. It is a matter that is not permissible. The Muslim is required to be truthful. Truthfulness is required; in it is good and in it is blessing. And in lying there is sin and in it is punishment. And the earnings that come from it are forbidden and their blessing is wiped out.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 39 من 60 / شرح كتاب قرة عيون الموحدين / صالح الفوزان / العقيدة / كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:09:03)

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