The lineage of a stepdaughter born of fornication and her status as a mahram
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner from outside this country says: I have a stepdaughter who was born of fornication before Islam, and now her father has become a Muslim. He wants to be a mahram for her. Does he have the right to that? And is this man considered her father in the Shari'ah? What? He says: I have a stepdaughter, who was born of fornication before Islam, and now her father has become a Muslim, and he wants to be a mahram for her.
Answer:
He is her father, and she is from his people. No, she does not have a father. This one, the one born of fornication, does not have a father; she is attributed only to her mother, and not to a father, because she is from fornication. So she is not attributed to a father, and no one adopts her. This is not permissible. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner from outside this country says: I have a stepdaughter who was born of fornication before Islam, and now her father has become a Muslim. He wants to be a mahram for her. Does he have the right to that? And is this man considered her father in the Shari'ah? What? He says: I have a stepdaughter, who was born of fornication before Islam, and now her father has become a Muslim, and he wants to be a mahram for her.
Answer:
He is her father, and she is from his people. No, she does not have a father. This one, the one born of fornication, does not have a father; she is attributed only to her mother, and not to a father, because she is from fornication. So she is not attributed to a father, and no one adopts her. This is not permissible. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 104 من 123/شرح كتاب زاد المستقنع/الديات/الشجاج وكسر العظام/صالح الفوزان/الفقه/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:00:00)
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