Presents and Gifts: Ownership of Gifts and Money Given to Children

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Presents and Gifts: Ownership of Gifts and Money Given to Children

English:

Question #1734:

Do the presents, including money given to the children, belong to them or their parents?

Answer #1734:

If the father, on behalf of the child, receives it, it is the child’s.

-Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Importance and Conditions of Presents and Gifts