Social Matters >> Education & Upbringing
Question ID: 47020Country: United States of America
Answer ID: 47020
Bismillah hir-Rahman nir-Rahim !
(Fatwa: 1089/842/D=9/1434) The detail regarding child custody for mother is that the son shall stay with his mother up to 7 years of age while the daughter up to 9 years of age provided the mother has not married someone else. If the mother marries someone else then her right of custody shall nullify. But if after marriage she is separated from her husband after talaq then she shall become eligible for custody and her custody right shall return again.
Allah (Subhana Wa Ta'ala) knows Best
Darul Ifta,
Darul Uloom Deoband, India