Adoption

Question:
As-Salam Alaykom,
I would like to begin by saying Jazak-Allahu Khayr on this blessing of a page & I ask Allah Suhanahu wat-Aala to except this in the scales of your good deeds on the day of Judgement & I ask Allah the All-Mighty The All-High for all Muslims to benefit from this page Al-Mubarakah..
Dear respected Sheikh, I was forwarded a Question by a person whom asks about a situation of his between him & his wife dealing with adoption..
This brother said that he & his wife have been trying to have children for a few years now (between 5-6 years roughly) & they have taken all asbab in term of seeking medicinal attention and advice. They were thinking of bringing up an orphan or orphans as a child. Is this expectable in these circumstances???
Waiting upon your wisdom in this matter, Wa Jazak Allahu Khayr...

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Sponsoring an orphan means that a man brings the orphan to live in his house, or he sponsors him somewhere other than his house, without giving him his name or forbidding that which is permitted or permitting that which is forbidden, as is the case with adoption. Rather the one who sponsors an orphan is doing a generous deed. So there can be no comparison between one who sponsors an orphan and one who adopts a child, because of the great difference between them and because sponsoring orphans is something which is encouraged in Islam.

Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“…And they ask you concerning orphans. Say: The best thing is to work honestly in their property, and if you mix your affairs with theirs, then they are your brothers. And Allaah knows him who means mischief (e.g. to swallow their property) from him who means good (e.g. to save their property). And if Allaah had wished, He could have put you into difficulties. Truly, Allaah is All-Mighty, All-Wise”
[al-Baqarah 2:220]

The Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said that sponsoring orphans is a means of being together with him in Paradise.

It was narrated that Sahl ibn Sa’d said: The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “I and the one who sponsors an orphan will be like this in Paradise” – and he gestured with his index and middle fingers, holding them slightly apart. (Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 4998)

But we must point out that when these orphans reach adolescence, they must be separated from the wives and daughters of the sponsor. We should not do good with one hand and do evil with the other.

We encourage our brothers to sponsor orphans, for this is something that is rarely done except by those whom Allaah has made righteous and caused them to love good and feel compassion for the orphans and the poor, especially our brothers in Kosova and Chechnya who are faced with hardship and difficulties. We ask Allaah to relieve them of their distress.
And Allaah knows best.

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