Question 1753) - How can a minor child be of a different religion to his Father?s?

A: For example, a Christian /Jew marries a woman of his religion. She bears his child and then embraces Islaam while he does not. The child will be a Muslim like its mother. The court will rule that the Kafir father must maintain his Muslim child.

Note: If a man admits that he is holding the wealth of an absent man and acknowledges that a certain woman is his wife, the judge will rule that he must spend from it on his wife, minor children and parents. The wife will stand as Kafir for the amount. The court will not rule for maintenance for any besides these people.

~ al-Quduri ~