What about the spouses relationship and what about the children's?

Published as Legitimacy of children after hurmat-e-musaaharah

· 6 Muharram 1442 AH1 min readEnglish

Question

If hurmat-e-musaaharaah has been established and the talaaq has not taken place. Thereafter the children were born. What about the spouses relationship and what about the children's?

Answer

The children will be legitimate. It is compulsory that the couple be separated with talaaq.

And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

Answered by
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
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