Children’s gift to their teacher

Question

Question: (1) In “Anfas-i ‘Isa”, p. 378, I came across a mas’ala — I do not have the text before me — that one should have money spent by the hands of children, but give it to the children by way of permission (ibaha), not making them its owners, otherwise it would be impermissible, because a child is not the master of his own property. Then in “Tadhkirat al-Khalil”, p.

Answer

(1) In our parts there is a custom that mothers and fathers give the children sometimes cash and sometimes some other thing, saying: “Present it to your teacher.” In reality the giver, the one presenting the gift, and the donor are the parents; it is just that they give through the children, so that the children too become accustomed to it.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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