Are the injuries caused by a child financially obligatory upon the child?

General Chapter

Al-Mughni

Book of Hajj

Book 11 · Issue 1 · Bab 1

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There is a consensus among the scholars that financial liabilities arising from the injurious acts of a child are obligatory upon the child's own wealth. This obligation is likened to personal injury (*Janiyah*) against a human being, necessitating payment from the child's assets.