This is a sub-article to
Islamic marital jurisprudence and
Adoption. Islamic regulations regarding adoption are distinct from
western practices and customs of
adoption. Contrary to what happens in the western world, a child does not formally leave his or hers biological family (if known) to enter the one that raises them. While raising someone's else child is allowed and even encouraged in case of an orphan, the child does not become a child of the new parents. This form of adoption where children retain membership to their original family is called, in . This implies for example that the new father cannot name the son after him, and that the child is counted as a non-
Mahram. This can be sidestepped by having the child suckling the adoptive mother in the first two years of life.
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