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Orphan (yatim, fiqh)

يَتيم

The orphan, in law, is one whose father has died while still below puberty. The rulings cover kindness to him, his teaching, the guardian's dealings with his property, his maintenance from his property, from relatives or from the treasury, the guardian's claim for what he spent, and the guardian's fee. 12

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Era
The Prophetic Era
Region
Global / Diaspora
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Family, marriage and kinship

People and things also explored

Taj Mahal· Abawan (the two parents)· Justice among co-wives· Obstructing a marriage (adl): the guardian and the husband· Fleshy growth in the wife's womb and the right to annul (afal)· Ahl al-Nasab (the kin by descent, and who counts as kin in bequests and endowments)· Akdariyya (a named inheritance case)· Brother (full, paternal and maternal) in law

Sources

  1. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.17968
  2. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.17970
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islam.museum contributors. “Orphan (yatim, fiqh)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/concept/yatim-fiqh/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.

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