IS IT ALLOW IN ISLAM ACCORDING TO QURAN AND HADIST THAT I MAKE A FALSE STATEMENT ABOUT MY SECOND DAUGHTER STATUS WHEN BORN OUTSIDE MARRIAGE, TO AVOID ANY FEES.
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assalam o alaikum
DEAR
BAHI BURHAN,
ASSALAM
O ALAIKUM
PRAISE
DUE TO ALLAH THE ALMIGHTY AND MAY ALLAH'S PEACE MERCY AND BLESSING BE UPON OF
YOU AND MAY ALLAH WILL SAFE ALL OF US FROM THE HELL FIRE.
DEAR
BAHI, I AM MARRIED WITH MY WIFE WHICH IS NOT FROM THE SAME COUNTRY, AND
ALHAMDULILLAH ALLAH GIVE US TWO BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS. NOW, WE ARE LIVE IN
MY WIFE'S COUNTRY , AND I AM AS A FOREIGNER IN WHICH MANY RESTRICTION AND
REGULATION OF IMMIGRATION LAW HAS TO FOLLOW.
BUT, OUR
FINANCIAL HAS NOT YET SUPPORT TO OBEY EACH OF LAW. I HAVE TO WRITTEN AND MAKE
FALSE STATEMENT ABOUT MY SECOND DAUGHTER'S BIRTH CERTIFICATE . THERE MENTIONED
THAT MY DAUGHTER HAS BEEN BORN OUTSIDE THE MARRIAGE ( NOT MENTIONED MY NAME AS
A FATHER, ONLY MENTIONED WAS BORN FROM A LADY NAME OF .... MY WIFE NAMES,
OUTSIDE MARRIAGE )
THIS
FALSE CERTIFICATE I MADE TO AVOID ANY FEES OF LIMITED STAY PERMIT FOR HER,
WHICH IS VERY EXPENSIVE . BUT FOR MY FIRST DAUGHTER I REGISTRATE HER NAME
AND HER BIRTH CERTIFICATE MENTIONED MY NAME AS A FATHER AND PAY FOR HER LIMITED
STAY PERMIT FEE.
PLEASE
CLARIFY FOR ME , IS IT ALLOW IN ISLAM ACCORDING TO QURAN AND HADIST THAT I MAKE
A FALSE STATEMENT ABOUT MY SECOND DAUGHTER STATUS WHEN BORN OUTSIDE MARRIAGE,
TO AVOID ANY FEES.
I AM
WAITING FOR YOUR REPLY
AND
THANKING YOU FOR YOUR HELP AND ATTENTION
ALLAH
HAFIEZ
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Answer:
False Statement Legal
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask
for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever
He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that
there is no one (no idol, no person, no
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nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that
Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
Your
Question: PLEASE CLARIFY FOR ME , IS IT ALLOW IN ISLAM ACCORDING TO QURAN AND
HADIST THAT I MAKE A FALSE STATEMENT ABOUT MY SECOND DAUGHTER STATUS WHEN BORN
OUTSIDE MARRIAGE, TO AVOID ANY FEES.
Beloved Brother, it would not behove the character of a
true believer in Allah and the Last Day to lie or give false witness. Allah Subhanah commands the believers to
always speak the Truth and give witnesses on the side of the Truth, even if it
be against one’s own self.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran in Chapter 4 Surah
Nisaa verse 135:
O ye who believe! Stand out firmly for justice as witnesses to
Allah, even as against yourselves, or your parents, or your kin,
and whether it be (against) rich or poor: for Allah can best protect
both. Follow not the lusts (of your
hearts) lest ye swerve, and if ye
distort (justice), or decline to do
justice; verily Allah is well-acquainted
with all that ye do.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 33 Surah
Ahzab verse 70:
70 O ye who believe! Fear Allah and (always)
say a word directed to the Right.
Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith 8.7 Narrated by Abu Bakra
Allah's Messenger (saws) said thrice,
"Shall I not inform you of the Biggest of the Great Sins?" We said, "Yes, O Allah's Messenger
(saws)" He (saws) said, "To
join partners in worship with Allah; to be undutiful to one's parents."
The Prophet sat up after he (saws) had been reclining and added, "And I
warn you against giving forged statement and a false witness!; I warn you
against giving a forged statement and a false witness!" The Prophet (saws) kept on saying that
warning till we thought that he (saws) would not stop!’
Sahih Al-Bukhari HadithH4.712 Narrated by Wathila bin Al Asqa
Allah's Messenger (saws) said, "Verily,
one of the worst lies is to claim falsely to be the son of someone other than
one's real father, or to claim to have had a dream one has not had, or to
attribute to me what I have not said."
Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith 8.116 Narrated by Abdullah
The Prophet (saws) said, "Truthfulness
leads to righteousness, and righteousness leads to
In light of the above commands of Allah and His Messenger
(saws) it would indeed be a grave sin and not befit the character of a true
believer to lie in order to gain a small advantage for himself in this
world!
Beloved brother, although you might feel at this time that
the false statement might give you a little, albeit illegal, relief, the
repercussions that this statement might have in the future when it comes to the
Shariah legalities of mehram relations, marriage, and especially inheritance,
etc. the consequences might truly be disastrous! Allah
forbid, if your daughter grows up and marries someone who is a mehram to her,
but because of the legal papers, that person would now prove to be a non-mehram
to her! Or Allah forbid, because she is
not legally named as your daughter, she is deprived of her legal inheritance
after your death!
Beloved Brother, Allah might change your financial
condition in the future; but if you fulfill your plan to register her as an
illegitimate child born out of wedlock, the stigma that your child will carry
all her life of being illegitimate will remain with her forever!
Beloved Brother, we implore you in the name of Allah to
fear Him, and do the righteous thing and not make a false statement regarding
the legitimate birth of your beloved child.
Allah is our witness, if the child is deprived tomorrow of any of her
legal rights because of this one forged statement, the burden of guilt and sin
that you will have to bear in the Just and Supreme Court of Allah Subhanah will
be unbearable indeed!
If you have already submitted the false statement, seek
sincere repentance from your Lord Most Merciful for the error, and strive your
utmost to put things aright. If you have
not yet submitted the false statement, we beseech and implore you to fear Allah,
and do only what is Right and aligned to the Truth.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to
Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only
Source of Strength.
Your Brother and
sincere well wisher in Islam,
Burhan
Wister