A person’s paternal uncle had infertility problem. When the man’s sister was pregnant, he adopted her male child when she was giving birth to him. The man even got him an ID card with his name registered as his father. Years later, the adopted child’s real father died and his heirs divided his inheritance among themselves excluding the adopted child under the pretext that he was now another man’s son. The child also believed that his maternal uncle was his father. He was working with him and helping the family in earning the livelihood of the family. No one informed him that his maternal uncle was not his real father until his uncle died. Upon his death and when the adopted boy was 25, the heirs gathered and divided his uncle’s estate without including him. They deprived him of his inheritance telling him that he was not their brother’s real child. The question is: He has been deprived of the inheritance by both sides? What are the Islamic and legal rights of such a person? Thanks
A person’s paternal uncle had infertility problem. When the man’s sister was pregnant, he adopted her male child when she was giving birth to him. The man even got him an ID card with his name registered as his father. Years later, the adopted child’s real father died and his heirs divided his inheritance among themselves excluding the adopted child under the pretext that he was now another man’s son. The child also believed that his maternal uncle was his father. He was working with him and helping the family in earning the livelihood of the family. No one informed him that his maternal uncle was not his real father until his uncle died. Upon his death and when the adopted boy was 25, the heirs gathered and divided his uncle’s estate without including him. They deprived him of his inheritance telling him that he was not their brother’s real child. The question is: He has been deprived of the inheritance by both sides? What are the Islamic and legal rights of such a person? Thanks

 

In the Name of God, the Most High

The boy inherits his real father and if he has been denied his right, he can turn to an Islamic court to get back his Islamic rights.

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