Those who said: a child's bequest is not valid until he reaches puberty

Ata reports the statement of Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that a child's freeing of a slave, his will, his buying and selling, and his divorce are not valid.

Hisham narrated that al-Hasan said: The will of a boy is not valid before he reaches puberty, and the will of a girl is not valid before she begins to menstruate.

Al-Zuhri said: The will of a child is not valid, except concerning wealth that is of no great importance.

Makhul said: When a child reaches fifteen years of age, it is permissible for him to make a will.

It is reported from al-Hasan that the will of a minor child is not valid.

It is narrated from al-Mustamirr bin al-Rayyan that he said: I was with Jabir bin Zayd in the congregational mosque when Zurarah bin Awfa, who was the judge at that time, said to him: A case has come to me concerning a minor boy who freed his slave, and the guardians refused to accept it. My view was that I should reject this manumission; then later, when the boy reaches maturity and love of wealth begins to enter his heart, if that boy wishes to enforce the slave's freedom he may do so, and if he wishes to withdraw from the manumission he may do so.