Question
A Muslim woman living with a married non-Muslim man bears his illegitimate child. What is the status of the child? What is the status of the woman's Imaan?
Answer
If the woman accepts that she is living in adultery with the non-Muslim man, then while she remains a Muslim, her Imaan dangles by a thread. It is exposed to imminent effacement. While the illegitimate child will be regarded as Muslim, his/her Imaan will be valid only on puberty. The child will become a Muslim only at the age of puberty. At that age the child should be officially introduced to Islam. Meanwhile, despite the mother being like a prostitute, the child should be regarded as Muslim and named with a Muslim name.
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- The Majlis Vol 26 No 01
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- 12
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