08-13-2003, 08:38 AM
As Salam Alykom
Praise be to Allah and prayer and peace be upon His Messenger Mohamed
Insh a Allah will tell what I know about adoption in light of Quran.
Adoption is not permissible by Quran, in other words you are not allowed to adopt a boy or a girl and give them your husband name making them real children, they are not allowed to inherit as well. Many people fall into this problem out of mercy. But because Allah knows human beings, this is the result. A non mehrem is not supposed to live with you in the house. Wallahu a`alam, I heard in a similar case that if u do want to support an orphan, well, you take him/her to your house until they reach maturity, then provide an alernative place for them where at the same time u can keep an eye on them. I suggest that in your particular case, before leaving your husband because having the girl on the first place, was wrong on your side, ask a scholar. Allah u a`alam, your husband is just a human being, and she is not his daughter, she is not haram for him, and being alone with her, the Shaytan was able to affect him. So take an execuse for him, may Allah forgive him. Ask a scholar because this situation is not correct from an Islamic viewpoint, wallahu a`alam.