The child of zina is attributed to his mother
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Question:
Some Muslims are involved in forbidden relationships with non-Muslim women, and some of them become pregnant and give birth. Is this child attributed to him, especially if he marries her afterwards? And does he have any rights over her if he does not marry her, or if she does not accept marriage to him, if he has embraced Islam and committed to his religion?
Answer:
He must repent to Allah, and the child follows his mother and is not attributed to him, because he is a child of zina. The child is attributed to his mother according to the scholars, and not to his father. This is the position of the majority of scholars, and it is the truth, as in the hadith:Sunan Ibn Majah 2006Sahih (Darussalam).
Some Muslims are involved in forbidden relationships with non-Muslim women, and some of them become pregnant and give birth. Is this child attributed to him, especially if he marries her afterwards? And does he have any rights over her if he does not marry her, or if she does not accept marriage to him, if he has embraced Islam and committed to his religion?
Answer:
He must repent to Allah, and the child follows his mother and is not attributed to him, because he is a child of zina. The child is attributed to his mother according to the scholars, and not to his father. This is the position of the majority of scholars, and it is the truth, as in the hadith:
The child is for the bed (i.e., belongs to the husband) and the fornicator gets nothing!
الولد للفراش، وللعاهر الحجر
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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