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Milk Kinship
what is milk kinship ? What does Islam say about it?
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Milk Kinship
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To adopt a child is a very commendable thing to do. Islam does not prohibit adoption in any way. In this regard, two courses can be adopted:
a) To adopt a child during his suckling age so that he can drink the milk of the mother who has adopted him. In this case, the child will be her foster-son and there will be no difference between him and the mother’s real children in any manner. He will possess the same rights in all affairs (e.g inheritance) as the real children possess.
b) To adopt a child when he is past his suckling age. In this case, he will not be the legal or real son of the parents who have adopted him. When he grows up he must be told about his real parents. After disclosing the real parents, the new father can even add his name to the child’s name. The parents who have adopted him can of course address him as “son”. However, the child will not inherit their wealth after them, unless of course they make a will in his favour.
(Dr. Shehzad Saleem)
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Why it is commendable?
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Adoption is a very noble act to be done at any time. You are giving an orphan child a home and bring him up as your own child. Allah will reward you. But it is essential the child is told he is adopted as soon as he is old enough to understand. Not telling him can have very serious consequences if later in life he finds out he is adopted. !
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What consequences ?
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I know of many cases personally that adopted children found out much later in life they had been adopted and were so upset left their home to look for their real parents
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Thats what I am saying, why tell them?
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Because their identity is their right. Lying in this matter is wrong. What if they find out some other way? The consequences come back
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Because they have been adopted and you cannot lie to them. Adopted children can be told by any relative by mistake that they were adopted and the child reacts so badly that he or she can totally turn against the adopted parents, some of them have run away from home, never talked to their parents, the consequences are disastrous.
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