Does an adopted child inherit?

No. An adopted child does not inherit from the adoptive parents by faraid because inheritance depends on a relationship of lineage, marriage or wala'. Islam also forbids an adopted child being given the adoptive father's lineage; the child should be called by the name of the biological father. Even so, adopting and caring for a child is a noble deed. Adoptive parents can secure the child's future through a bequest of up to 1/3 of the estate, or a gift (hibah) during their lifetime. If the adopted child is breastfed by the adoptive mother five satisfying times before the age of two, the child becomes mahram through fosterage but still does not inherit. See lineage (nasab).