Must the property of a minor who commits misappropriation (ghulul) be burned?

General Chapter

Al-Mughni

Book of Jihad

Book 54 · Issue 1 · Bab 1

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Primary text

The property of a minor male who commits misappropriation shall not be burned. This position is held by Al-Awza'i. The reasoning is that burning is a form of punitive corporal punishment, and the minor is not fit to receive such punishment, which is analogous to a statutory punishment (hadd).