The other day I was thinking about adopting a child. What if an un-married muslim woman in her mid to late twenties adopt a child. Whats so bad about it?
hey Minerva, checking out these threads might be helpful…or you can also search the religion forum or start another thread there if you are looking for more islamic answers 
http://www.gupistan.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=69002&highlight=adoption
http://www.gupistan.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=114085&highlight=adoption
Get a dog first and see if you can handle the responsibility first. Like they say, keeping a dog is like raising a baby.
better still a bag of rice or wheat.. it doesn't even get soggy of it's own so you have an advantage..
Re: adoption...
nope...its not bad at all....but it is a big responsibility...and if u cant do justice, then u shouldn't
[QUOTE]
*Originally posted by Minerva: *
The other day I was thinking about adopting a child. What if an un-married muslim woman in her mid to late twenties adopt a child. Whats so bad about it?
[/QUOTE]
Thanks Irem, yeah I remember Munz posted something along the lines.
Since this post of mine has assumed a personal touch though it was just of general nature, I will keep myself as the target.
Roman, there is a difference between insaan ka bacha and kuttay ka bacha...and no matter how much I love dogs, i don't like it splashing its tongue all over...
Baba 'G' , I know 'thauda experience bara haiga potray saaf karan da' BUT a person who thinks about undertaking any such initiative should be prepared to face all such things.
KoHearts: Exactly. Its a huge responsibility. Its so easy to think about but in reality its an ordeal. In my view raisng kids is a very difficult job.
You know what I was thinking actually. Though it involves financial problems, societal taboos and constraints but there are women who somehow can't tie the knot due to varied reasons. We all have sch khalas , phuppies or relatives in our families. Though our family setup is such that a woman in such circumstances then find solace in loving her brothers, nephew's kids But what if she wants to call someone her own...maybe its all confusing... I just get all these esoteric ideas.
Do what your heart tells you. Don't bother about other people. They will gossip, and try to ruin you in the beginning, you will have a hard time. But in_sha_Allah with time it will go away. If you only live for other peoples sake, you will never be happy. People gossip no matter what you do. So don't bother about the social taboes.
You would make a homeless child happy. As far as I know, you can adopt a child, as long as you let it know the truth, that you are not the biological mother. You are not allowed to give it your own name.
Think about the responsibility, if you can handle it, I would say go for it!