A child's offence, deliberate and accidental

Al-Qasim bin Nafi' said that Ali bin Majidah said: I fought with a boy and cut off his nose. Then I was brought to Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him). He measured me and did not find retaliation due from me, so he imposed the blood money on my family.

Hisham said that al-Hasan al-Basri said concerning a child and an insane person: Whether the two of them harm someone by mistake or on purpose, it is the same with regard to their families (aqilah).

Ubaydah said that Ibrahim said: A child's harming someone on purpose or by mistake is the same with regard to the family (aqilah).

Ash'ath said that al-Sha'bi said: A child's deliberate act and his mistake are the same.

Al-Hakam and Hammad reported the same from Ibrahim. They both (al-Sha'bi and Ibrahim) said: A child's deliberate act and his mistake are the same.