Re: Adopting a child - impact?
it’s about protecting the inheritance of the adoptive parents’ children and also to protect the adopted child’s identity.
Prophet [saws] had an adopted son, Hazra Zaid (ra) [before it was forbidden]…Huzoor [saws], upon Zaid’s divorcing his wife, he married his divorcee in order to leave a tradition to prove that adoption is NOT allowed in Islam and that adopted children are NOT your children. that’s why one must not hide the adopted child’s identity and not change his/her last name. [in case someone adopts in spite of the ruling].