Eating some of a minor’s property for the sake of his upbringing

Question

Question: A father gave his child four annas (a coin worth 1/16 of a rupee), and the child brought something to eat or drink from the market. Is it correct or not for the mother, the father, a brother and so on to take some of that thing and eat it?

Answer

When a minor child has been given money and he has bought something from the market and brought it, the mother, father, brother and sister should not take from it and eat merely out of their own desire. However, with the intention of his upbringing — so that he becomes accustomed not to eat alone but also to feed everyone — he should be advised to divide it and eat himself as…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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