Ruling on the use of blood tests to determine paternity
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, the author (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned that a child is attributed to a parent through inheritance, and they rule accordingly for one of the two individuals. But you might say that they do not know which of the two individuals the child belongs to through a blood test. Is it permissible to rely on this?
Answer:
No, this is not reliable; a blood test is not reliable. However, resemblance is reliable, and also the practice of *qafah* (determining paternity by resemblance), for the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) ruled by it, and it is to be relied upon.
Honorable Shaykh, the author (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned that a child is attributed to a parent through inheritance, and they rule accordingly for one of the two individuals. But you might say that they do not know which of the two individuals the child belongs to through a blood test. Is it permissible to rely on this?
Answer:
No, this is not reliable; a blood test is not reliable. However, resemblance is reliable, and also the practice of *qafah* (determining paternity by resemblance), for the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) ruled by it, and it is to be relied upon.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 59 من 89|شرح العدة في شرح العمدة|كتاب الطلاق|فصل في المقصود بالأقراء|صالح الفوزان|الفقه|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:05:08)
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