Jamiatul Ulama KZN

Rules pertaining to adopted children

· 3 Jumada I 1438 AH1 min readEnglish

Question

As salaamu Alaikum. This is a follow-up to a question answered a few weeks ago where it was mentioned that if a girl’s mother and stepfather consummate their marriage, the stepfather becomes the girls mahram. So what happens in a case where a mother adopts a female baby and breast feeds her. Does the adopted father become her mahram or not? Jazakallah.

Answer

If a couple adopts a child and the wife breastfeeds the adopted child who is under the age of two years ( two years is the maximum period of breastfeeding), the adopted child becomes a Mahram to the wife and the husband.

The same is applicable to a woman who adopts and breastfeeds a child after remarrying i.e. the new husband will be a Mahram to the adopted child.

And Allah Ta’ala Knows Best

Answered by
Mufti Ismaeel Bassa
Checked by
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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Source: Jamiatul Ulama KZN — https://jamiat.org.za/rules-pertaining-to-adopted-children/
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