An unbeliever gave his little child to a Muslim: the funeral prayer over it

Question

What do you say, O noble scholars, concerning the following: an unbeliever handed over his little nursing daughter to a Muslim as a gift (hibatan) and completely renounced any claim [to her], and the Muslim took the little girl and raised her on cow’s milk like his own child. As it happened, the little girl died. In this case, taking into account the fitra (innate nature) and following the hand [that holds her] (tabi‘iyyat al-yad), should the funeral prayer be performed over the little girl described or not?

Answer

Answer (1) — Shaykh Ahmad In the case mentioned, since the unbeliever handed the little girl over to a Muslim and completely renounced his claim, and the Muslim is raising the little girl like his own child, then in view of the fitra and of following the hand, the funeral prayer should be performed over the little girl, as is understood from the books of fiqh and hadith:…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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