The laqit (found child) and claims

This continuation of the chapter on the laqit (the foundling) gathers the rulings concerning the religious status of the laqit, his freedom, his inheritance, his maintenance, the claiming of his lineage by a man, a non-Muslim, two persons, a woman or two women, and finally the validity of the Islam of a minor who embraces it independently of his parents. The positions of the four schools are set out and compared, supported by their classical references and by the reports narrated from the Prophet and the Companions.

Parts of this section

• The laqit who is himself a non-Muslim
• Two Muslims or more claim the lineage