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What rights does a kafir father have over an out of wedlock child whom he only met after the child had hit puberty?

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Ustadh AbdulAziz al-Haqqan

There are different sayings regarding this, the majority of the fuqaha mention that there is no dutifulness towards his father or his father's family as the child is attributed to his mother lineagewise and not the father. Others have mentioned that yes there is because he is his father.

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