As many as Allah SWT blesses me with ASAP Insha Allah......
On the adoption topic - what if you adopt a little newborn boy, then find you're pregnant yourself for the first time....and it's a girl...whats the case there? Or am I missing something here? (It'll be the latter as I'm absolutely knackered after a long haaaaaaaaard day at work!)
^if you 3 boys trhen its easy you can adopt another boy.
Pick one from kashmir, if govt. allows it to.
I think you can't mix gender while adapting.
yes you can, while fopr adoption the preference is for child less couples, last time I checked there was no hard and fast rule about not being able to adopt a girl if u have boys or vice versa.
well If you insist.
if some one have a girl and a boy.
what ever gander he/she adopt is going to be "na mehram" to one of his own kids.
Its harsh but true.
barkhordaar, the point that was made was that it is 'legally' not allowed by govt, and I corrected that assumption, there is no such limitation. A lady I know adopted a boy who is now in high school here , she had a few boys and girls before she adopted him.
now as far as na merham issue goes, if the kid is nursed by the adoptive mother, then the relationship between the adopted kid and the biological kids of the adoptive parents becomes that of raza'i siblings.
although in the end intent matters, In many Pakistani families na merham cousins hang out all the time, often resulting in shadian :D if someone has an intent of a certain thing then it can be an issue, if not then even though there is a na mehram status, it does nothing
In civilized families modesty is practised even in front of mehrams anyways.
My friends can't understand why I want large family, when I don't even get along with other people's kids...but I suppose ur own would be different huh?
My first 2 came one ater the other. 2 in 2 years of maraige. Now the third one came after 4 years and we felt as if the first one has been born again. He looks exactly the same like my elder son. His pics and the pics of the older one when he was young are identical. And his habits are the same too. Before his birth we thought 3 will be okay, but after having him we wanted to have 1 more.
I love kids, i even thought of adopting, but was afarid, if wud be ale to give them the same love as i do for my own kids.
Adopying is always a very good idea. And loving them equally shouldnt be a problem, by just imagining them as your own:)