Is a minor or insane person liable for damages caused by their unauthorized destruction of another's property?

General Chapter

Al-Mughni

Book of Legal Interdiction

Book 15 · Issue 1 · Bab 1

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Liability for damages (*daman*) is obligatory upon a minor (*sabi*) and an insane person (*majnun*) for property belonging to others that they destroy without permission or unjustly seize, where the property is subsequently destroyed while in their possession. This is analogous to the ruling concerning a foolish person (*safih*).