Can a wealthy guardian (other than a father) consume from the orphan's wealth?

Chapter on Selling the Musarrah (Animal with milk retained in udder)

Al-Mughni

Book of Sales

Book 12 · Issue 1 · Bab 5

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If the guardian is wealthy (musir), he must abstain from consuming any of the orphan's wealth, unless he is the father. This is based on the divine command: {And whoever is self-sufficient, let him abstain from it} (Quran 4:6).