Divorce of Children

“I once asked him (the Imam) (a.s.), about the divorce of a boy who is not mature yet, and his charity. He (the Imam) said, ‘If he divorces according to Sunnah and places charity in the proper place where it rightly…

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that divorce of a child does not have any valid effect.’”

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘Divorce by a child and one who is drunk do not have any valid effect.’”

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘Divorce by a child is [not] permissible if he understands as well as his will and charity and even if he does not experience wet dream.’” Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn…

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that divorce by a child is [not] permissible when he becomes ten years old.”