Adoption

[WhoKnows]

Asalaam Aluakum,
Me and my husband want to adopt a child from Pakistan, his home county. Does anyone have experience with this or know where I can go to get info.

Please keep this a serious thread w/o useless comments.

[MG]

Asalaam Aluakum,
Me and my husband want to adopt a child from Pakistan, his home county. Does anyone have experience with this or know where I can go to get info.

Please keep this a serious thread w/o useless comments.


wa alaikum aslaam

my friend and her hubbie were going to adopt from pakistan but were told that it wil take a very long time to get all teh right papers thru and then get the child over etc, so they have ended up adopting from here and are jus in the middle of going thru the process with a social worker.

The only experience i could offer u is if u was adopting from here.

Inshallah may allah swt make it easy for u ameen

[Eemaan]

it does take a very long time- the estimate my family were given was around four years

but this is the organisation visited while they were in pakistan http://www.edhifoundation.com/

May Allah make your sunnah a source of salavation and path to Jannah for you inshallah.

[WhoKnows]

wa alaikum aslaam

my friend and her hubbie were going to adopt from pakistan but were told that it wil take a very long time to get all teh right papers thru and then get the child over etc, so they have ended up adopting from here and are jus in the middle of going thru the process with a social worker.

The only experience i could offer u is if u was adopting from here.

Inshallah may allah swt make it easy for u ameen

I was hoping things would be faster seeing that we have Pakistan citizenship.
????? My Dh was born there and I am married to him and got citizenship.

[MG]

I was hoping things would be faster seeing that we have Pakistan citizenship.
????? My Dh was born there and I am married to him and got citizenship.


im not sure if citizenship makes a difference, probably best of asking someone with more experience inshallah

[Ruprecht]

Someone told me that adoption isn't recognised in Islam unless the mother breastfeeds the infant. Is that right?

[MG]

Someone told me that adoption isn't recognised in Islam unless the mother breastfeeds the infant. Is that right?

just a short summary:



Adoption is of two types – forbidden and prescribed

Question:
If a person asks to adopt a child from the orphanage, is it permitted for those in charge to give him what he wants?

Answer:

Praise be to Allaah.
Adoption of children is of two types, forbidden and not forbidden.
The forbidden type means adopting a child in the sense that the child is considered to be the child of the adopting parent and subject to the rulings on children. This is not permitted. Allaah nullified it in the Qur’aan when He said (interpretation of the meaning):
“…nor has He made your adopted sons your real sons…”
[al-Ahzaab 33:4]
The kind which is prescribed and may be mustahabb means being kind towards the child and giving him a righteous religious upbringing and sound direction, teaching him that which will benefit him in this world and the next. But it is not permitted to hand a child over except to one who is known to be trustworthy, religiously-committed and of good character, who will take care of the child’s interests. He should also be a local resident, so that he will not take the child away to a country where his presence may be a cause for his religious commitment being lost in the future. If these conditions are met in the case of both the child and the adopting parent, then it is OK to hand over a foundling whose parentage is not known. May Allaah preserve you


From Fataawa Samaahat al-Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ibraaheem (may Allaah have mercy on him)

[neelu]

Edhi would be a good place to look for kids in need of adoption. Ruprecht is right, the child would not be mahram to you both unless he/she was breastfed by you or if you're unable to have children then perhaps weaned by a close female relative such as yours or your husband's sister so that the child would be Islamically related to at least one of you. Also the child is not allowed to take your surname and must be told from the beginning that you'll love him/her as your own child but you're not the real parents. I hope it works out for you inshallah.

[Rosheen]

what about adopting a child from UK? Or fostering? The local councils are always crying out for religion specific couples to foster or adopt. They prefer to place children with people close to their own culture.

Good luck with whatever you choose to do........