Question: Without her guardian’s permission, if a girl who has reached puberty marries someone who deceived her into believing that he was Kufw for her, for example she is a Sayyidaĥ and he tricked her into believing that he is a Sayyid but after the marriage she discovered that he was not; in fact, he is a Shaykh, then is this marriage valid?
Answer: If this is really what happened, i.e. a girl who has reached puberty married, without her guardian’s permission, someone who told a lie and deceived her into believing that he was Kufw for her but after the marriage, it was proved that he was not Kufw, then this marriage is invalid. (Fatāwā Razawiyyaĥ, vol. 11, pp. 701-703)
Remember! Declaring someone else to be one’s father other than one’s real father, or linking one’s lineage to a family other than one’s own is Ḥarām, deprives him of Heaven and leads to Hell. Aḥādīš mention severe warnings against this. The Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم warned, ‘If someone claims anyone to be his father whereas he knows that he is not his father, then Heaven is Ḥarām for him.’
(Ṣaḥīḥ Bukhārī, vol. 4, pp. 326, Ḥadīš 6766)
Dear Islamic brothers! There is a lesson here for people who claim to be the real father of their adopted children in order to avoid disappointing them. Sometimes, children live their entire lives believing their foster-fathers to be their real fathers. Hence they do not do Īṣāl-e-Šawāb or pray for their real fathers.
Remember! Even on necessary legal documents, ID cards, passports, wedding cards etc. writing one’s foster-father’s name instead of the