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Relatives, Orphans & Adoption
134 fatawa from 7 South African Darul Iftas on Relatives, Orphans & Adoption, part of Family, Women & Children. Newest first; every fatwa links to the page where its Darul Ifta published it.
Subtopics are grouped from each Darul Ifta’s own categories and the fatwa titles, so the count is approximate.
By Darul Ifta
Relatives, Orphans & Adoption fatawa — page 1 of 4
- Camperdown24 Jul 2026
Who Inherits When a Woman Passes Away Without Parents, Husband, Children or Siblings?
A woman passed away not having any close relative alive. She outlived her husband, brother, parents and did not have any children. The closest…
Abdour-Rahmaan Lim Voon Heek - Azaadville29 Sep 2025
Breastfeeding An Adopted Child (Revised)
When a baby girl is adopted and breastfed by the adoptive mother, do the brothers of the adoptive father (married to the mother) become the baby…
- Ask Imaam26 Aug 2025
Is there Shari’ī parda between siblings who don’t share the same parents?
السلام علیکم ورحمة الله وبركاته A lady remarries and has a daughter from her previous marriage and the man who she remarries has a son from his…
Ikraam Elias Gangat - Ask Imaam18 Aug 2025
Women living alone and adopting children - Is this advisable?
Salaam, I wanted to know that if a 27 year old girl completed her iddat at her parents house as she couldn't go out and was financially supported by…
M. Akhtar - Mufti Online29 Jun 2025
Biological parents having a greater right over a person compared to his foster parents
I have a question regarding milk parents. I was conceived by my biological parents with the intention of being adopted by my aunty (fathers sister)…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ibn Masood9 Sep 2024
Milk Siblings
A woman (Aa’isha) has a son (Bakr) and a daughter (Fatima). If she breastfed Fatima a couple of years prior, and then breastfed Bakr at the same…
Mufti Mohammed Desai Saheb - Ibn Masood27 Aug 2024
Adopted Child Being Mahram
If one adopts a male child, can he be a Mahram for Hajj or Umrah?
Maulana Ahmed Saeed - Jamiat KZN18 Jul 2024
Observing Niqab in front of the Brother-in-law
Is it permissible for a woman to remove her niqab in front of her brother-in-law?
Mufti Moosa Salie - Ibn Masood24 May 2024
Maintaining Ties with Bid’atee Relatives
With regards to parents and family members who like to participate in Bid’ah, please advise as to how one should interact with them if they don’t…
Maulana Ahmed Saeed - Ibn Masood18 Apr 2024
Gifts donated to children of an orphanage
A family member runs an organization and collects Eid gifts for an orphanage. He takes these gifts and gifts them to children in the family as a…
Mufti Mohammed Desai - Ask Imaam30 Jan 2024
Does the right of custody apply to adopted kids too?
As salaamu alaykum I have a question regarding custody of children. My wife asks for a divorce from me. After few months of convincing her we don’t…
Huzaifah Deedat - Ibn Masood30 Jan 2024
Grandparents’ siblings are Mahaarim
To what extent is Purdah necessary for a female towards her grandparents’ brothers?
Mufti Mohammed Desai - Mufti Online28 Jan 2024
Adopting measures to keep one's children firm on Deen
What is the ruling for parents towards upbringing of their children. If children are not on the right track, upto what extent is it permissible to…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Azaadville25 Dec 2023
Purdah From A Brother-In-Law
Should a woman observe purdah with her brother-in-law (the brother of her husband)?
- Mufti Online8 Nov 2023
Parents adopting measures for their children's Deeni wellbeing
How can we make sure that our children do not apostasize from Islam as we know that atheism and liberalism is rapidly spreading? What can we do…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Ask Imaam24 Sep 2023
Will I have to observe hijab from my adopted son after he grows up?
Asalamualakum, i want to adopt a child when i am married, but i have heard that it is forbidden to legally adopt in islam? If i were to adopt a baby…
Hussein Muhammad - Ibn Masood12 Sep 2023
Siblings of grandparents qualifying as Mahaarim
Are my mother’s father’s brother and mother’s mother’s brother my Mahram as well?
Mufti Mohammed Desai - Azaadville18 Aug 2023
Changing The Surname Of An Adopted Child
We are in the process of adopting a little boy. Could we change his surname to ours once the legalities have gone through or do we keep him on his…
- Mufti Online10 Jul 2023
Maintaining family ties with relatives who are not interested in maintaining family ties
As a Muslim, one should maintain contact with relatives. But what if the relatives do not have adab and akhlaq or are not interest in holding…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - MJC5 Jul 2023
Are Orphans eligible recipients of Zakāh?
An orphan is not eligible to receive zakāh solely based on being an orphan. The eight categories of recipients of zakāh are clearly mentioned in…
Mufti Abdurragmaan Khan - Ask Imaam4 Jan 2023
Fiqh of adopting and fostering a child
1. a) If a child is adopted and does not know who their real father is, would they be allowed to take the surname of their adoptive father? b) Is it…
Abdullah Noorgat - Ask Imaam23 Oct 2022
Can i take my adoptive parents’ surname?
As salamu alaykum beloved Shaykh, I am an orphan and I do not know who my parents are if they are alive or passed away. I was brought up by a loving…
Bilal Yusuf Pandor - Azaadville18 Oct 2022
Who Is An Orphan
What is the definition of an orphan in Islam?
- Jamiat KZN18 Oct 2022
Can a father marry his son’s mother-in-law?
In our family, a man is a widow. He has five sons and one daughter. The widowed man took his son to India for his son to marry a young girl. The…
Mufti Ismaeel Bassa - Azaadville26 Aug 2022
Precaution Between A Mother-In-Law And Son-In-Law
My father and granny have heard on a programme that son in laws have had intimate relationships mother in laws (may Allah save us). I would like to…
- Azaadville22 Aug 2022
Intermingling Of Cousins And Brother-In-Laws And Sister-In-Laws
Would you be kind enough to enlighten us of the dangers and gravity of free mixing between brother between cousins and between brother-in-law and…
- Mufti Online4 Jun 2022
Dua to have a healthy relationship with one's siblings
I would like to ask if there's any dua that I can read so I can have a healthy bond and relationshio with my siblings.
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online4 Jun 2022
Maintaining family ties with disbelieving relatives
Is it a sin or not to keep family ties with mushrik relatives as they openly ask the inmates of the graves for children, job, cure, marriage, etc?…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Azaadville14 May 2022
Adopting A Child
What are the Shar’ee rulings regarding adopting a child? Please explain the laws of Mahram and Ghair-Mahram as well.
- Mufti Online16 Jan 2022
Breaking family ties with one's siblings
Under what circumstances can a person break family ties with his/her own siblings?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online9 Jan 2022
Keeping contact with one's distant relatives
Is it a must/obligatory to keep contact with distant relatives (parents cousins)? If a person does not wish to keep contact with distant relatives…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Jamiat KZN13 Dec 2021
Are step-siblings Mahrams to one another
Q. Are step-siblings Mahrams to each other? Is there a difference if they share the same parents or not? What is the ruling of Hijaab in front of…
Mufti Ismaeel Bassa - Mufti Online20 Nov 2021
Visiting relatives who do not keep contact with you
In Islam, is it necessary to meet relatives who do not come to meet you or keep contact with you, even though you visited them many times?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Jamiat KZN20 Sep 2021
Does an adopted child inherit from the estate of their adoptive parents?
Does an adopted child and a fostered child through breastfeeding inherit from the estate of their adoptive or foster parents?
Mufti Ismaeel Bassa - Azaadville3 Aug 2021
An Unmarried Person Adopting A Child
Can an unmarried person adopt a child?
- Mufti Online28 Nov 2020
Maintaining family ties with relatives who are jealous
Our relatives sometimes hurt us, like some of our cousins are jealous of us and do things that actually hurts us and try to degrade us. At first,…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online3 Nov 2020
Teaching orphans about respecting parents
Can we teach orphans a lesson on parents in the subject of Akhlaaq. I'm teaching them Madrasah and in the Akhlaaq book there is a lesson on how we…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online25 Jan 2020
Purdah with the sister-in-law
I regard my sister-in-law as my own sister. Can I consider her to be my mahram and show my concern for her by helping her, visiting her when she is…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online22 Jan 2020
Father marrying his son's mother in-law
Can my father marry my mother in-law?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online31 Aug 2019
Is a person's sister's mother in-law a mahram?
Is my sister's mother in law my mahram?
Mufti Zakaria Makada
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