Fatwa ID: 08533

 

 

Answered by Mufti Abdoullah Limvoonheek

 

Question:

 

If someone gifts something to a child, is the mother’s possession sufficient or does the father have to do possession?

 

 

 

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

 

Answer:

 

Gifting is giving something with no exchange, making the next person the owner of it. The condition for the gifting to be accepted is, the one receiving the gift should accept it.

 

In the case where someone is giving a gift specifically to the child, then the guardian of the child will take possession of the gift in behalf of the child.

 

The guardian of the child can be the father, grandfather or even the mother. By them taking the item, the gifting will be complete.

 

Therefore it will be sufficient for the mother to take possession of the gift in behalf of the child. It will not be necessary only for the father to take it.

 

 

 

 

 

References:

 

فَهِيَ تَمْلِيكُ عَيْنٍ بِلَا عِوَضٍ، كَذَا فِي الْكَنْزِ.

وَأَمَّا رُكْنُهَا فَقَوْلُ الْوَاهِبِ: وَهَبْتُ؛ لِأَنَّهُ تَمْلِيكٌ وَإِنَّمَا يَتِمُّ بِالْمَالِكِ وَحْدَهُ، وَالْقَبُولُ شَرْطُ ثُبُوتِ الْمِلْكِ لِلْمَوْهُوبِ لَهُ

الفتاوى الهندية ج٤ ص٣٧٤

 

 

 

 

Only Allah (عز و جل) knows best.

Written by Mufti Abdoullah Limvoonheek

Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah

Darul Ifta Birmingham