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aye. you know or not, that when a child is born out of wedlock and doesnt matter if the parents get married or not, the child is still anak luar nikah? the common perception is, the term 'anak luar nikah' will be gone if the mum marries the dad right? so not true. why? because the child is conceived before marriage. so in the eyes of Islam, that child is still 'anak luar nikah'. even if the biological mum marries the biological father, he would be known as the 'stepfather'. get it? Islam does not acknowledge illegitimate children. sad right.
learnt all this during the syarahan on saturday night.
so, under Islamic rules, since that father is known as 'stepfather' to the child, they can marry. because, an illegitimate child does not have any associations with the father's bloodline. only the mum's. eye opener kan?
it makes you wonder, how many illegitimate children born to supposedly muslim couples are walking around in singapore now. parents oblivious to their religious obligations. forcing the children to be victims of their own blatant ignorance and making the children outcasts. it's sad when couples are shunning religious principles. it's sadder when the product of their unwedded coupling also bears the brunt of society's hostility and animosity. but it's much sadder when they know all these and still choose to ignore.
somehow maybe i think they dont know all these. maybe they think it's alright cos their western counterparts think it's alright. having a family unit without a wedding certificate. brilliant life huh?
in no way am i a preacher or a religious martyr. but i do know what's right and what's wrong.. wait, forget right and wrong. cos sometimes it just boils down to common sense.
been having right-sided migraines every morning these last few weeks. it's not unbearable. but it's there everyday between 9 and 11 am. maybe kamal's right. i think about things way too much. another evidence to support the claim 'thinking hurts'. or i'm just not used to it.
