every child must be called by his real father's name, and if the name is unknown, he must be called a brother in faith (Qur'an 33:4-5)
This of course, does not mean that a child who has no known father or supporter should suffer deprivation or lack of care. Far from it. It means that adoption as practiced today is not the way to give that child a secure and prosperous life. No one can really and fully substitute for the actual father or mother. The daily course of events, the complicated procedures and cases in courts, and the disputes between families attest that adoption never solves a problem of a childless muslim couple.
*How many cases are there in courts today where the real parents are demanding the return of their children who have been adopted by strange families and introduced to different environments?
*How long can a normal mother or father see his child in a strange home?
*How far can they trust artificial parents to bring up their child in the proper way and give him due care?
*How will the child himself feel when he grows up to find that his real parents gave him away and that he has had artificial parenthood?
*How will he reacts when he discovered that his real parents are unknown, or that his mother gave him up because of fear, or poverty or shame or insecurity?
*How much is the adopted child liked by other members of the adopting family?
*Do they like a strange child to take their name and inherit the properties to which they are potential heirs?
*How will the breeders feel when the real parents demand the return of their child or when the child himself wishes to join his original parents?
So much complications involved, it is no doubt unhealthy and may cause much harm to the child, the parents(artificial & real), to other relations of the adopting family, and to society at large. Adoption is one of the major reasons that encourage many people to indulge in irresponsible actvities and intimacies. It is being commercialized nowadays, there are some people who put up their children for "sale" or trade as the news media show. That is not in Africa or Asian jungles; it is right there in Canada and America. Because of all that, Islam does not accept the institution or tolerate its practice among muslims (Qur'an 33:4-6)
Islam ordains that:
every child must be called by his real father's name, and if the name is unknown, he must be called a brother in faith (Qur'an 33:4-5)
This of course, does not mean that a child who has no known father or supporter should suffer deprivation or lack of care. Far from it. It means that adoption as practiced today is not the way to give that child a secure and prosperous life. No one can really and fully substitute for the actual father or mother. The daily course of events, the complicated procedures and cases in courts, and the disputes between families attest that adoption never solves a problem of a childless muslim couple.
*How many cases are there in courts today where the real parents are demanding the return of their children who have been adopted by strange families and introduced to different environments?
*How long can a normal mother or father see his child in a strange home?
*How far can they trust artificial parents to bring up their child in the proper way and give him due care?
*How will the child himself feel when he grows up to find that his real parents gave him away and that he has had artificial parenthood?
*How will he reacts when he discovered that his real parents are unknown, or that his mother gave him up because of fear, or poverty or shame or insecurity?
*How much is the adopted child liked by other members of the adopting family?
*Do they like a strange child to take their name and inherit the properties to which they are potential heirs?
*How will the breeders feel when the real parents demand the return of their child or when the child himself wishes to join his original parents?
So much complications involved, it is no doubt unhealthy and may cause much harm to the child, the parents(artificial & real), to other relations of the adopting family, and to society at large. Adoption is one of the major reasons that encourage many people to indulge in irresponsible actvities and intimacies. It is being commercialized nowadays, there are some people who put up their children for "sale" or trade as the news media show. That is not in Africa or Asian jungles; it is right there in Canada and America. Because of all that, Islam does not accept the institution or tolerate its practice among muslims (Qur'an 33:4-6)