Is the guardian of a child obligated to compel him to perform wudu' before touching the mushaf?

Question : But is his guardian obligated to compel him to do so? I mean, we may have agreed that this child is not obligated to perform wudu', in the sense that we do not hold him sinful if he touches the mushaf without wudu', because he is not of age to be held accountable. But is his guardian obligated to compel him to do so?

Answer : Yes, there is a difference of opinion among the scholars. The correct view according to the Shafi'is is that he is not obligated to perform wudu', and his guardian is not obligated to compel him to do so, because he is not of age to be held accountable, and because compelling him to do so by his guardian is a hardship, whereas it is not obligatory for him to do so. If there is a hardship in a matter that is not obligatory for the child, then his guardian is not obligated to compel him to do it. As for the well-known view among the Hanbalis, it is not permissible for even a child to touch it without wudu', and they said that his guardian is obligated to compel him to perform wudu' just as he compels him to perform wudu' for prayer, because this is an act for which purity is a condition for its permissibility, so his guardian must compel him to do it. However, they made an exception for a child touching a writing board if his hand does not touch the letters.
Do you know what a writing board is? In the past, they used to use wooden boards for children. Yes, they would write the Qur'an on them and the child would read it, and when he finished, he would wipe it. But some scholars say that the writing board is not mentioned at all, because writing on a board is not established; it will be erased, so it is in the position of what is written for practice in reading, as if you wrote on a blackboard, for example, where a person writes the Qur'an on the blackboard for his children to practice reading.
On the apparent wording of the jurists (may Allah have mercy on them), it is not permissible to touch the blackboard without wudu', but is it permissible to write the Qur'an without wudu'? Yes, if I do not touch it, it is permissible. But as for the blackboard, as long as a verse from the Qur'an is written on it, I do not touch it without wudu'. Unless I say that they made an exception for the writing board on the condition that one does not touch the letters. Some said this due to the hardship, and some said it because this writing is not like the mushaf. The mushaf is written for what? For permanence and continuity, whereas this is not. Even if you wrote the Qur'an in reverse and placed it in front of a mirror, what would be reflected? The Qur'an is not reversed. Is it forbidden for him to touch the mirror? It is not forbidden for him, because it was not written on it.