Zakaat on children's wealth and parents using their children's wealth
Q: Parents save money in a bank for their one child. The age of the child is seven years old. They do not give any zakah for that money. If parents ask the child may we use this money for this (something) purpose and the child says yes, can they use it with the child's permission? Can they do qurbani from that money?
A: If the parents give the money to the child, then it will belong to the child. Zakaat is not payable upon the wealth of children. If the parents are not poor, then it is not permissible for them to use the child's money for their own benefit even if the child gives permission. It is not permissible for the parents to carry out nafl qurbaani on behalf of their minor children from the minor children's wealth even if the minor children give permission for them to do so. If they use the wealth for this purpose, they will have to repay the child for the wealth they used.
And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.
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