Illigitimate Child and Father

There is a confusion in terms of what are the responsibilities of a Muslim man who fathered a child out of wedlock and what are the rights of these children?

In this day and age there is popular belief surfacing among a certain sect of Muslim men that is giving them the impression that they have no responsibilities toward children they have fathered out of wedlock.

Principally, a child born out of wedlock is not attributed to the biological father. The reason being - to condemn such illicit and Haraam acts.

If Shari'ah grants the child recognition, people will continue with adulterous relationships. The mother of the child must bear the consequences of her consent to the Haraam act. That will serve as an eye-opener to other females not to consent to a Haraam act as she will have to suffer the consequences all by herself.