Is adoption equivalent to lineage regarding inheritance and legal relationships?
General Chapter
Al-Mughni
Book of Walā' (Patronage)
Primary text
The relationship concerning adopted children (*ad'iya'*) is addressed by the decree: If you do not know their fathers, then they are your brothers in faith and your allies (Quran 5:5). This indicates that legal affiliation is established through faith when true lineage is unknown.