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Adoption in Islam
It is not only childless couples who choose to adopt, many
couples with children choose to adopt either family members or orphans to
nurture and take care of. Looking after a child as well as arranging for his\her
education and well being is an admirable thing. However it should be kept in
mind that by adopting a child his/her lineage does not change according to
Shari'ah. The purpose of this discussion is to explain the laws concerning the
adoption of children. These laws should be adhered to at all times and under all
conditions. By doing this the adoptive parents will ensure that the rights of
the adopted child are not transgressed and in so doing the act of adoption will
become most beneficial to the parents.
The
Meaning of Qalb-e-Saleem
Nabi Ibrahim
u
described the day of Qiyaamah as: “The day when wealth and children will not
benefit anyone except he who will come to Allah with a Qalb-e-Saleem.” (Surah
Shu’ara, Aayah 38-39). Thus Ibn Rajab (R.A.A.) mentions in his commentary of
Imam Nawawi (R.A.A.)’s Forty Ahaadith that our beloved Nabi Muhammad
e
used to say in his Du’aa: “O Allah! I ask you for a Qalb-e-Saleem....”
- The Mujtahideen
and Hadeeth
- Many people, due to ignorance of the Shari'ah,
criticize the A'immah e Mujtahideen saying that their rulings often contradict
the Ahaadith of Rasulullahe. Hafiz
Ibni Taymiyyah(R.A.) has written a short treatise entitled Raf'ul Malaam 'anil
A'immatil A'laam in which he mentions ten reasons why the ruling of an Imaam
may sometimes seem contrary to a Hadeeth. The following is a summary of
the ten reasons together with a few additional notes...
- Imam
Abu Hanifah (R.A.) and Hadith
- It is quite common these days to hear people
criticizing Imam Abu Hanifah (R.A.) because "he doesn't practice on the Hadith
of Bukhari that...".
Comparing good actions to a building
Comparing good actions to a building, Ibn-ul-Qayyim
رحمه الله
says that the foundation of this building is Imaan. He
thereafter
explains that just as a person who intends raising the walls of his building
(adding another storey) first reinforces its foundation, the ‘Aarif is always concerned
with reinforcing the foundation of the building of Islam and A’maal...
Complaints
The Jaahil (ignorant man)
complains of Allah to the people. He behaves in this manner due to his extreme
ignorance of the being about
whom he is complaining and the being to whom he is complaining. If he
recognised
his Rabb, he would have
never complained about Him...
Three Different
Trees
The year is a tree, the months are its
branches, the days are its twigs, the hours (and minutes) are its leaves and
every breath man takes is a fruit of the tree. Thus the fruit of the trees
of a person who breathes in obedience
to Allah will be sweet and
the fruit of the tree of a person who breathes in disobedience to Allah will be
bitter...
Different
Types of Pollen
Talas (enthusiasm) is the pollen of Imaan. When there is
Talas (enthusiasm) and Imaan, they result in good actions...
The Straight Path
It has been my intention for quite sometime
to write a small booklet on the basics of Islam. This has come about as a
result of many questions that I have received from my non-Muslim friends,
relatives and colleagues over the years that I have been a Muslim...
Why Choose Islam
Time has witnessed the rise and fall of nations and
history has established the fact that the fall of nations has always been due
to oppressive and corrupt practices. It has also established that only those
who remained steadfast on the path of justice prospered....
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