Zakah on the Wealth of a Minor and a Person of Unsound Mind

Question:
I say: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is there zakah on the wealth of a minor and a person of unsound mind?

Answer:
Yes, it is obligatory on the wealth of a minor and a person of unsound mind, and their guardian pays it out; because it is a right that becomes due by virtue of the wealth. So when the wealth is present in which the conditions for obligation are met, zakah becomes obligatory on it. And because the Companions used to take it from the wealth of minors, and that is due to the generality of the evidence, the generality of the proofs. Yes. According to the Hanafis, there is no zakah on them, but the majority hold that zakah is due on them; because zakah is a right that becomes due in the wealth, and the wealth is present, so zakah becomes obligatory on it without regard to the owner, whether he is of age and accountable or not. Yes.