What are the issues to be considered, such as around inheritance or any other Islamic aspect, when raising an illegitimate child that is not yours? And how can these challenges be overcome?
What are the issues to be considered, such as around inheritance or any other Islamic aspect, when raising an illegitimate child that is not yours? And how can these challenges be overcome?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi, Sayyed Mohammad al-Musawi is originally from Iraq and heads up the World Ahlul Bayt Islamic League in London. Other than being involved in various humanitarian projects, he frequently responds to... Answered 5 months ago
Raising a child in need who is not your child is a great act of reward and it is a way to Paradise if it is done according to the teachings of Islam. As the child is not your child, there is no inheritance between you and the child, although you are free to give him in your will up to one third of what you leave, and you can gift him during your life whatever you like to gift him.
When the child becomes Baaligh, Hijab is must.
Wassalam.