What is the stance of adoption of child in Islam ?

Question

I don't have child althoug 15years passed after marrage I want a child who doest not know its real parent I want to name under my name is this kind of adoption alloweded or not in islam?

Answer 1

salam.

no a child if adopted has to go under their own name.you can adopta child im no expert so i dont know the rules of this.

try asking this question in the ramadan section.

Answer 2

i think that you cannot especcially if it is a girl because she has to have her fathers name even if she gets married in islam she still has to keep her fathers name im not sure but i think it probably has to keep its family name

Answer 3

It doesn't look like the type of adoption you are interested in is allowed under Islamic law.

Here are some of the rules:

-An adopted child retains his or her own biological family name (surname) and does not change his or her name to match that of the adoptive family.

-An adopted child inherits from his or her biological parents, not automatically from the adoptive parents.

-When the child is grown, members of the adoptive family are not considered blood relatives, and are therefore not muhrim to him or her.  "Muhrim" refers to a specific legal relationship that regulates marriage and other aspects of life.  Essentially, members of the adoptive family would be permissible as possible marriage partners, and rules of modesty exist between the grown child and adoptive family members of the opposite s*x.

-If the child is provided with property/wealth from the biological family, adoptive parents are commanded to take care and not intermingle that property/wealth with their own.  They serve merely as trustees.

The relationship is more along the lines of a permanent fostering.

Here is an article discussing this:

http://islam.about.com/cs/parenting/a/ad...

I do know that breastfeeding by the adoptive mother before the child is two will cause the adult adoptee to be muhrim to the adoptive family, solving the issues of the need for separation of men/women, covering of the head in front of the adoptive father, as the child grew older.

Answer 4

I'm not Muslim, but it is my understanding that Islam does not practice adoption as it is done in the Western world.  A child is taken into a family, but does not become that family's son or daughter as if they are a blood relative, and the surname of the child is not changed.  

If it's a female, when she reaches the age of maturity, she is treated the same as a non-related female, having to cover her head in front of the men, etc.

There's a really good poster that's here sometimes named "Wolf"...something, I'm sorry I forget.  Hopefully, she will be able to give you more information.

Answer 5

IF no body can help you here you may want to try the Ramadan section under Society and Culture > Holidays > Ramadan....  many Muslims there Insha-Allah one could help you.  :)