Alhassanain(p) Network for Heritage and Islamic Thought

Child Custody in Islamic Jurisprudence

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• Publisher’s Note
• Prologue
• Research Methodology
• Studying Legal Texts
• Studying the Exegetic Texts
• Study of the Narrative Texts
• Compilation Methodology
• Stating the Jurist's Opinions
• Selecting
• Content
• Studying Legal Problems of Breastfeeding Children (Ridhaʿ)
• Studying Legal Problems of Custody of Children (Hidhanat)
• Studying Legal Problems of Foundling Children (Laqit)
• Conclusions
• Breastfeeding and Suckling (Ridhaʿ)
• Child Custody
• Custody of the Abandoned Children
• Note
• Part One: A Study on the Legal Issues of Breastfeeding (Ridhaʿ)
• Legal Standing of Mother's Milk in Islamic Texts
• Constituents of Mother's Milk
• 1. Protein Substances
• 2. Fatty Substances
• 3. Sugary Substances (Hydrocarbons)
• 4. Water
• 5. Vitamins
• 6. Salts and Minerals
• The Value of Mother's Milk in Religious Texts
• The First Milk (Colostrum)
• How to Breastfeed the Baby
• Breastfeeding Time
• The Length of Breastfeeding
• Mother's Duties in Breastfeeding Period
• Mother's Duties during Breastfeeding Period
• Father's Duties during Breastfeeding period
• Provision of the Mother's Expenses during Breastfeeding Period
• Breastfeeding Wage
• Reciprocal Duties of Parents during the Breastfeeding Period
• Duties of the Father's Successors during the Breastfeeding Period
• How to Wean the Baby
• Leaving the Baby with a Foster Suckling-Mother
• Notes
• Part Two: A Study of the Legal Issues of Child Custody (Hidhanat)
• Child Custody According to the Holy Qur’an
• Preliminary Discussions
• Stages of Child Custody
• 1. Child Custody before the Age of Two
• Survey and Summation of the Narrations
• 2. Child Custody after the Age of two
• Qualifications for Child Custody
• Loss of the Required Qualifications for Child Custody
• Return of the Requirements
• Parents' Relationship during the Child Custody
• Notes
• Part Three: A Study on the Legal Issues of Abandoned Children (Laqit)
• Preliminary Topics of Discourse
• Necessity of Taking Care of the Unattended Children
• Conditions for the Custody of Abandoned Children
• Legal Issues of Abandoned Children
• Property Found along with the Abandoned Children
• Providing for the Abandoned Children's Living Expenses
• Disagreement in Expenses for the Custody of Abandoned Children
• Penal Problems of Abandoned Children
• Crime against Abandoned Children
• Abandoned Children’s Offenses
• Disagreement on the Custody of Abandoned Children
• Kinship Relationship with the Abandoned Children
• Claiming a Blood Relation to the Child
• 1. Claiming paternal relationship with the child
• 2. Claiming maternal relationship with the child
• 3. Claiming parental relationship with the child
• Denial of Blood Relation by the Child
• Figurative Kinship with Abandoned Children
• Notes
• Bibliography