Is It Necessary To Give Zakat Out Of The Wealth Of Rich Children Who Have Not Reached The Age Of Puberty?

Is it necessary to give zakat out of the wealth of rich children who have not reached the age of puberty?

Only those who are mentally healty and have reached puberty are obliged to give zakat (Kasani, Bada’i, II, 9 ff.). In this regard, according to Hanafis, it is not necessary to give zakat for the wealth of children who have not reached puberty yet even if they are rich. However it is necessary to give zakat for agricultural products farmed in agricultural fields owned by a child (Sarakhsi, al-Mabsud, III, 50; Ibn Nujaym, al-Bahr, II, 255).

According to Shafi’i school, mental health and puberty are not conditions to give zakat. Children and mentally ill people must give zakat as well (Shirbini, Mughni al-Muhtaj, I, 602).

Source: Presidency Of Religious Affairs The Turkey, High Board of Religious Affairs FATWA