The dutifulness of a disbelieving father to a child born out of wedlock
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This is a woman from Canada who says that she recently embraced Islam. She asks, saying that her father is a disbeliever and that he fathered her through another means, not through marriage. So, is he her father, and is she required to be dutiful to him?
The Shaykh:
He is not her father. A child born of fornication has no father. If her mother is considered her mother, her father is not her father. The one who committed fornication with her may have done so with someone other than the one this girl intends, so she has no father. A child born of fornication has no father and is not attributed to a father. Yes.
The questioner:
You.
The Shaykh:
What is He, the Exalted?
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This is a woman from Canada who says that she recently embraced Islam. She asks, saying that her father is a disbeliever and that he fathered her through another means, not through marriage. So, is he her father, and is she required to be dutiful to him?
The Shaykh:
He is not her father. A child born of fornication has no father. If her mother is considered her mother, her father is not her father. The one who committed fornication with her may have done so with someone other than the one this girl intends, so she has no father. A child born of fornication has no father and is not attributed to a father. Yes.
The questioner:
You.
The Shaykh:
What is He, the Exalted?
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، تتمة فصل ثم إن في اتخاذ القبور أعيادًا من المفاسد العظيمة ... — islamhouse.com (1:16:45)
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