Answered by: Shaykh Umer Khan
Question
Do minors (immature) get a reward for good deeds?
بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيْم
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Answer:
Yes, children will be rewarded for doing good deeds, whether they are mature or not, and this is according to all four imāms of fiqh (Marʻātu al-Mafātīḥ Sharḥu Mishkati Al-Maṣābīḥ, 8/313).
It is reported from Ibn ʻAbbās raḍiAllāhuʻanhu: “A woman lifted up a child and said, ‘O Messenger of Allāh, will his Hajj be counted?’ He said, ‘Yes, and you will be rewarded.'” (Ṣaḥīḥ Al-Bukhārī, Hadīth 1336). Abū Al-ʻĀliyah Al-Riyāḥi reported that ʻUmar raḍiAllāhuʻanhu said: “The young child’s good deeds will be recorded but his bad deeds will not be recorded.” (Al-Tamhīd, 1/106).
Only Allah knows best
Written by Shaykh Umer Khan
Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah