Children’s right to education in islamic law

Nowadays, the issue of child rights in developing countries, especially in Islamic world is becoming more and more concerned topic for many scientific disputes. In particular, the children’s right to education and a proper legislation that guarantees it can be considered as one of the most outstanding and important topics in countries such as Afghanistan, Iraq, Bangladesh and the rest of the Islamic world. There have been a number of works published by commonly reputed Islamic scholars in history that assert the duty and the vital necessity of educating children in the light of sacred Islamic sources. As an example, we can consider “Jami’ akhkam as-sighar” by Muhammad ibn Mahmud al-Ustrushani, the student of great Central Asian scholar Burkhoniddin Marghinani, who lived in the 12th century. Another prominent work in this area has been published by Shamsuddin Muhammad in his book “Tuhfat al-Mawdudi bi ahkom Mawludi”. In this paper we would like to bring these works to the attention of a scientific community for thorough discussion, and in longer perspective build a legislative platform on the basis of which most of the Islamic countries could start implementing corresponding bills that oblige and foster children’s right to education.