A child whose father and mother die and who has wealth: from where is his nursing paid?

Ibn Ma'qil (may Allah have mercy on him) said: The child's nursing will be from his own share.

Al-Hasan said: The child's nursing will be from his own share.

Muhammad (Ibn Sirin) (may Allah have mercy on him) said: A case concerning a child's nursing was brought to Abdullah bin Utbah (may Allah have mercy on him). He made the nursing due from the child's own wealth, and said to his guardian: "If he had no wealth, we would have arranged his milk from your wealth. Have you not read this verse of the Qur'an: 'And upon the heir is (a duty) like that' [Al-Baqarah: 233]?"

Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him) used to say: If the child's share suffices for the nursing, it will be from his share; and if it does not, then from the entire estate.

Shurayh (may Allah have mercy on him) said: A suckling child is to be spent on from his own share, whether it is little or much.

Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Our companions used to say: If the wealth belongs to the child, he is to be spent on from the entire wealth.

Shurayh (may Allah have mercy on him) used to say: Maintenance and nursing will be from the entire estate.