QUESTION

What is your advice to the new Muslims who may feel that the rules pertaining to children of zinaa are harsh or unjust toward an innocent child?

ANSWER by Shaykh Wasee Allaah 'Abbaas, lecturer at the Ka'bah, instructor at Umm Al-Quraa University in Makkah

We say to them that the rulings related to children of zinaa are not harsh nor unjust toward the child, since it is not permissible in Islaam for these children to be neglected by the Muslim government, nor is it permissible for the Muslims in general to neglect their rights. It is not allowed for any of the Muslims to find fault with them for something they did not do themselves.

So then where is the harshness or injustice when the Muslim government and the Muslims themselves have an obligation to raise them with a proper upbringing and give them every opportunity to work and be part of the society like any other Muslim?

SOURCE

This was translated exclusively for www.bakkah.net from a handwritten answer provided by the shaykh, file no. AAWA016, dated 1423/7/20.

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