{"_id":"69f364b7010ad9028303dff0","title":"{\"format\":\"prosemirror\",\"schemaVersion\":1,\"doc\":{\"type\":\"doc\",\"content\":[{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"Is it permissible to be called a “godmother” in a non-religious sense?\"}]}]}}","question":"{\"format\":\"prosemirror\",\"schemaVersion\":1,\"doc\":{\"type\":\"doc\",\"content\":[{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"My friend and I both recently converted alhamdulillah. Recently, she had a son and asked me to be his \\\"godmother\\\". She used the term “godmother” in a secular sense to refer to a trusted adult or potential legal guardian for a child. Another sister objected, claiming that using that term and singling me out as a special adult in the child's life is against Islamic beliefs. Is it permissible to use this term in that context?\"}]}]}}","answer":"{\"format\":\"prosemirror\",\"schemaVersion\":1,\"doc\":{\"type\":\"doc\",\"content\":[{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"There is no issue with being referred to as the child's godmother. The sister's reasoning has no basis in the Sharia.\"}]}]}}","tags":[{"_id":"668da0010b76658b4c232b9d","tag":"Relationships: Parent and Child","count":133},{"_id":"668d9ff10b76658b4c2329c4","tag":"Contemporary Life: Converts","count":41}],"createdOn":"2026-04-30T14:18:31.194Z"}