ADOPTION
Adoption was widespread among the Arabs before and during the early days of Islam. However, the practice was expressly forbidden under the Qur’an, which says: ‘... nor has He made your adopted sons your real sons...
Call them [adopted sons] by [the names of] their father’s [names, call them] your brothers in faith...’ (33:4-5).[985]While simply looking after a child is permitted (kafala), the prohibition on formal adoption has been kept by virtually all Muslim countries, including Saudi Arabia.[986] Tunisia, on the other hand, grants the right of adoption to every adult who is married and of sound character, mind and body, possesses civil rights and is capable of looking after the child.[987]
As the role of women in Islamic society is primarily one of reproduction and nurturing the family, infertility in Islam poses major problems for women.[988] Furthermore, under the Qur’an, offspring are considered to be a ‘divine blessing’, so the importance of reproduction is paramount.[989]
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More on the topic ADOPTION:
- WESTERN CONSTRUCTS OF ADOPTION
- International Studies of Consumer Adoption of E-Banking
- CASE 153: Adoption by Women
- 4 Compensation for adoption of special system of farming
- Chapter 66 The Adoption Process of Payment Cards: An Agent-Based Approach
- Chapter 65 An Empirical Investigation on Credit Card Adoption in Indi
- Prospects and challenges of virtual reality adoption for destination marketing
- SECTION 2. Adrogation and Adoption
- Chapter 71 The Impact of Internet Adoption on the International Marketing of the Jordanian Banking Sector: Some Emerging Practices
- CASE 149: The Adoption Process
- STRUCTURAL MODELS FOR E-BANKING ADOPTION IN VIETNAM
- ADOPTION OF THE REVISIONIST VIEW IN THE UNITED NATIONS
- CASE 152: Adoption and Adrogation of Women
- Chapter 25 Structural Models for E-Banking Adoption in Vietna
- Chapter 36 Customers' Perspectives of Internet Banking Adoption in Developing Economies
- Chapter 24 A Conceptual Framework for Online Stock Trading Service Adoption
- Chapter 3 Internet Banking Adoption by the Customers of Private Sector Banks in India
- Chapter 37 Understanding Security in Consumer Adoption of Internet Banking: Biometrics Technology Implementation in the Malaysian Banking Context
- Despite growing Muslim minority populations in many Western countries, one area where there has traditionally been seen to be a legal disconnect between those populations and their new countries is the area of adoption, or the similar but distinct concept known in Islam as ‘kafala’.