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Child of fornication (walad al-zina, fiqh)

وَلد الزِّنى

The child of fornication is the child a mother bears out of unlawful intercourse, not marriage. His lineage is established from his mother, and by the majority it is cut from the fornicator. Rulings follow on his religion, call to prayer, leading prayer, zakat, prohibitions of marriage, equality in marriage, foster-suckling, inheritance, judgeship, testimony, slander and retaliation. 12

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The Prophetic Era
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Global / Diaspora
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Family, marriage and kinship

People and things also explored

Taj Mahal· Abawan (the two parents)· Justice among co-wives· Obstructing a marriage (adl): the guardian and the husband· Fleshy growth in the wife's womb and the right to annul (afal)· Ahl al-Nasab (the kin by descent, and who counts as kin in bequests and endowments)· Akdariyya (a named inheritance case)· Brother (full, paternal and maternal) in law

Sources

  1. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.17929
  2. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.17936
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islam.museum contributors. “Child of fornication (walad al-zina, fiqh)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/concept/walad-al-zina-fiqh/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.

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