Attribution to Other Than One’s Father
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: What is the ruling on one who attributes himself to other than his father? For example, if he attributes himself to the name of another person for the purpose of verification with the authorities, and the person he attributes himself to is from the same family?
Answer:
We ask Allah for well-being. It is not permissible to attribute oneself to other than one’s father. There is a severe warning for this. Not for the sake of greed, nor for any purpose whatsoever. It is not permissible to attribute oneself to anyone other than the father.[Al-Ahzab 33:5] As for the one who knows his father but attributes himself to someone else, this is a major sin among the major sins. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: What is the ruling on one who attributes himself to other than his father? For example, if he attributes himself to the name of another person for the purpose of verification with the authorities, and the person he attributes himself to is from the same family?
Answer:
We ask Allah for well-being. It is not permissible to attribute oneself to other than one’s father. There is a severe warning for this. Not for the sake of greed, nor for any purpose whatsoever. It is not permissible to attribute oneself to anyone other than the father.
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
ادْعُوهُمْ لِآبَائِهِمْ هُوَ أَقْسَطُ عِندَ اللَّهِ فَإِن لَّمْ تَعْلَمُوا آبَاءَهُمْ فَإِخْوَانُكُمْ فِي الدِّينِ
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب نظر المصلي إلى سجوده والنهي عن رفع البصر في الصلاة — islamhouse.com (1:06:39)
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