Who has custody rights over child in Islamic law?
What is the definition of hadana (custody) as it applies to children in Islam, and who has the rights to it in sharia?
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Custody is the care of a child for its upbringing and protection for a period of time.
Custody is the right of the mother by consensus among jurists of all major schools of jurisprudence, although there is a difference of opinion regarding the period after which it expires, the person who is entitled to custody after the mother, the qualification for a woman to act as a custodian, her right to receive a fee for it, and other aspects that can be found in the body of fiqh of specific schools of Islamic law.
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