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In Islam it is considered a blessing to take care of an orphan, in fact it is considered a duty to some. [3] Thus many Muslims say that it is forbidden by Islamic law to adopt a child (in the common sense of the word), but permissible to take care of another child, which is known in Arabic as الكفالة ( kafala ), and is translated ...
Islamic adoption is sometimes called "fostering" or "partial adoption" and is similar to "open adoption". [16] Traditionally Islam has viewed legal adoption as a source of potential problems, such as accidentally marrying one's sibling or when distributing inheritance. [17] Adoption was a common practice in pre-Islamic Arabia.
For example, the section of this surah about dealing fairly with orphan girls addresses the pre-Islamic Arabic practice of marrying orphan girls to take their property. [ 7 ] Shirk (refer 4:48 and 4:116 ) [ 8 ] is held to be the worst form of disbelief, and it is identified in the Quran as the only sin that God will not pardon.
As of 2007 gives food, clothes, shelter and protection to nearly 1,100 orphans and destitutes. In an article about its 40th anniversary in 2007, The Hindu wrote that the orphanage has been playing a vital role in improving the social and economical status of the Muslim community and the society at a whole in Wayanad district. [ 2 ]
Muhammad's uncle Abu Talib was the chief of Muhammad's clan, Banu Hashim, in whose household Muhammad (who was an orphan) had lived since the death of his grandfather Abd al-Muttalib. [4] As the clan chief, he granted protection to Muhammad, even as Muhammad gained enmity from some in the Quraish tribe due to his call to Islam. [5]
Islamic Inheritance jurisprudence is a field of Islamic jurisprudence (Arabic: فقه) that deals with inheritance, a topic that is prominently dealt with in the Qur'an. It is often called Mīrāth, and its branch of Islamic law is technically known as ʿilm al-farāʾiḍ (Arabic: علم الفرائض, "the science of the ordained quotas"). [53]
Zayd ibn Ḥāritha al-Kalbī (Arabic: زيد بن حارثة الكلبي) (c. 581–629 CE), was an early Muslim, Sahabi and the adopted son of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad. He is commonly regarded as the fourth person to have accepted Islam , after Muhammad's wife Khadija , Muhammad's cousin Ali , and Muhammad's close companion Abu Bakr . [ 1 ]
Muhammad approved and exhorted certain aspects of the Arab pre-Islamic tradition, such as the care for one's near kin, for widows, orphans, and others in need and for the establishment of justice. However, these values would be re-ordered in importance and placed in the context of strict monotheism .