Your Egypt

[Monica]

If you were adopting a child....


Would you care if the child had the same roots you have?

When would you tell the child that he/she was adopted?

What are the pros and cons of adoption in Egypt for both the adopting parent and the child..you think?
Islamically speaking an adopted Child has no inheritance rights...but there are solutions...do you know any?

To be continued...
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[El Kadafi]

Under Islam, no child may be put up for "adoption" if one or both parents or a relative, however distant, is known. Therefore, the only children available for adoption are those for whom there are no known relatives.

Let us ponder the Qur'anic words "He has not made your adopted sons your (real) sons: that is simply a saying of your mouths." This signifies that the declaration of the adoption consists of words having no corresponding objective reality. A mere pronouncement does not change realities, alter facts, or make a stranger a relative, or an adopted individual a son. A mere verbal expression or figure of speech cannot make the blood of a man runs in the veins for the adopted son, produce feelings of fatherly affection in the man's heart or filial emotions in the heart of the boy, or transfer either the genetic characteristics or physical, mental, or psychological traits.

I believe the adopted child should know the situation always. As for inheritance rights, I believe that is all up to the will of the will-makers.

Personally I would not care if the child had the same roots I had. Actually I might prefer different roots. The Turks for example would recruit people of different roots for their Yenicheri Corps in order to spread their own culture and beliefs among different peoples.

But adopting a child to be raised in Egypt? Why condemn any child to such a fate?