The Ruling on Adoption in Islam
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Question:
This person asks, saying: What is the ruling on adoption in Islam? And what are the legal matters regarding it? May you be rewarded.
Answer:
Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, says:[Al-Ahzab 33:4-5] ... learn their burdens, so they are your brothers in religion and your allies. It is not permissible for a person to adopt and attribute to himself a son who is not from him. This is forbidden and a major one of the major sins. He will never be his son or his child. Rather, his sons are those from his loins and from his wife. Yes.
This person asks, saying: What is the ruling on adoption in Islam? And what are the legal matters regarding it? May you be rewarded.
Answer:
Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, says:
(4) Allah has not made for a man two hearts in his interior. And He has not made your wives whom you declare unlawful your mothers. And he has not made your adopted sons your [true] sons. That is [merely] your saying by your mouths, but Allah says the truth, and 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
مَّا جَعَلَ اللَّهُ لِرَجُلٍ مِّن قَلْبَيْنِ فِي جَوْفِهِ وَمَا جَعَلَ أَزْوَاجَكُمُ اللَّائِي تُظَاهِرُونَ مِنْهُنَّ أُمَّهَاتِكُمْ وَمَا جَعَلَ أَدْعِيَاءَكُمْ أَبْنَاءَكُمْ ذَٰلِكُمْ قَوْلُكُم بِأَفْوَاهِكُمْ وَاللَّهُ يَقُولُ الْحَقَّ وَهُوَ يَهْدِي السَّبِيلَ ادْعُوهُمْ لِآبَائِهِمْ هُوَ أَقْسَطُ عِندَ اللَّهِ فَإِن لَّمْ
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/014 — archive.org (16:45)
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