Assalaamu Alaikum
Is it a must / preferable act for rich parent to give Qurbani for kids who are above 10 and under 16 ?
Wa ‘alaykum as salāmu ‘wa raḥmatullāhi wabarakātuhu,
Firstly, it is important to note that a male child becomes bāligh (mature) between the age of 12 to 15. If he does not become bāligh in this period, he will automatically be regarded as mature from fifteen. Likewise, it is possible for a female to become mature from the age of nine. Upon becoming bāligh, the qurbāni will be compulsory.
If the child still did not become bāligh, then the preferred view in the Ḥanafi madhab is that the qurbāni will be mustaḥab for him.
و في الولد الصغير عن أبي حنيفة رحمه الله تعالى روايتان في ظاهر الرواية يستحب ولا يجب بخلاف صدقة الفطر و روى الحسن عن أبي حنيفة رحمه الله تعالى أنه يجب أن يضحي عن ولده الصغير و ولد ولده الذي لا أب له و الفتوى على ظاهر الرواية (فتاوى قاضيخان
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Wassalaam,
Ismail Moosa (Mufti)
Iftaa Department,
Euro-Sunni & Islamic Research and Welfare Academy