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This is a sub-article to Islamic marritial jurisprudence and Adoption .
Islam has its own rules of regulations regarding adoption, quite distinct from the western practice of adoption
Adoption in Islam is not allowed. It was disallowed to name a adopted son with the name of the adopting father.
Islam also rejects the notion of a adopted son becoming a biological part of the family, hence, the adopted son is counted as a non-Mahram.
This can be sidesteped by having the child suckling the adoptive mother in the first half years of life.
Relevant issues include the marriage bettwen Zayd ibn Harithahs ex wife and Muhammad, and also narration involving Aishas, Abu Hudaifah ibn Utbah and Salim mawla Abu Hudaifa.
 Adapted from the Wikipedia article "Islamic adoption", under the G.N U Free Docmentation License. Please also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page |
