{"id":106,"date":"2020-01-29T00:01:06","date_gmt":"2020-01-29T00:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.1.147\/shariawiz\/?p=106"},"modified":"2025-11-13T20:24:01","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T20:24:01","slug":"i-have-a-child-born-outside-of-marriage-does-this-child-inherit-according-to-islamic-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shariawiz.com\/halaqa\/2020\/01\/29\/i-have-a-child-born-outside-of-marriage-does-this-child-inherit-according-to-islamic-law\/","title":{"rendered":"I have a child born outside of marriage. Does this child inherit according to Islamic law? | Islamic Estate Planning Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Shariawiz: Islamic law regarding Children Born Out Of Wedlock\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dm-2cwgXfeI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>First, it is important to note that unlike American state law, a valid marriage under Shar\u012b\u2018a has minimal requirements: oral marriages and polygamy are valid. Islamic public policy favors legitimacy rather than illegitimacy.<\/p>\n<p>With that in mind, according to Shar\u012b\u2018a inheritance rules, a relative inherits automatically as part of the fixed default-distribution system. Under Shar\u012b\u2018a, only biological children from a valid marriage are Islamic heirs entitled to inherit from the paternal line. An illegitimate child (a child born outside of marriage) is not an heir under Shar\u012b\u2018a; they take the name of their mother and inherit only from the maternal side.<\/p>\n<p>However, that doesn\u2019t mean the child would not be entitled to inherit through bequests. Sunni Islamic law permits you to leave up to 1\/3 of your estate in the aggregate to non-Islamic heirs. 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