assalamulaikum, what is the shariah ruling in cace when the name of father & mother of an adopted child is unknown,so how nikah of that child will be done and other activity of making documents like passport etc will be done? can adopter put his name as father’s name?
Answer
(Fatwa: 1405/1405/M=1430)
If the father of adopted son is not known, he should be called only with his name, he is a Muslim brother. While performing nikah, if he is present in the meeting of nikah and accepts the offer of marriage, there is no need to mention his name with his father’s name. However, if it is needed to mention father somewhere like in nikahnama or passport etc, then in such exigent cases the adopter can mention his name metaphorically in the place of father, but it should be noted that it will be only for paper work, the adopter will neither be his father nor the adopted boy can be his son and legal heir.
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Darul Ifta,
Darul Uloom Deoband