Chapter on the Age at Which Children Are Required to Observe Fasting
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 2|Book 2|Chapter 14
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume 2, Book 2, Chapter 14
Chapter on the Age at Which Children Are Required to Observe Fasting
5 hadiths · 1 commentary
قَالَ اَلصَّادِقُ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: «اَلصَّبِيُّ يُؤْخَذُ بِالصِّيَامِ إِذَا بَلَغَ تِسْعَ سِنِينَ عَلَى قَدْرِ مَا يُطِيقُهُ فَإِنْ أَطَاقَ إِلَى اَلظُّهْرِ أَوْ بَعْدَهُ صَامَ إِلَى ذَلِكَ اَلْوَقْتِ فَإِذَا غَلَبَ عَلَيْهِ اَلْجُوعُ أَوِ اَلْعَطَشُ أَفْطَرَ ».
Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq عليه السلام said: "A child is to be encouraged to fast when they reach nine years of age, according to their capacity. If they can fast until noon or a little beyond, they should do so. However, if hunger or thirst overwhelms them, they may break their fast."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh
وَ رَوَى عَنْهُ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: «إِذَا أَطَاقَ اَلْغُلاَمُ صَوْمَ ثَلاَثَةِ أَيَّامٍ مُتَتَابِعَةٍ فَقَدْ وَجَبَ عَلَيْهِ صِيَامُ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ ».
It is narrated from Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq عليه السلام through Isma'il ibn Muslim that He said: "If a boy is able to fast for three consecutive days, fasting the Month of Ramadan becomes obligatory upon him."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh
وَ سَأَلَهُ سَمَاعَةُ: عَنِ اَلصَّبِيِّ مَتَى يَصُومُ قَالَ «إِذَا قَوِيَ عَلَى اَلصِّيَامِ.
Sama'ah asked Imam عليه السلام about when a child should begin fasting. Imam عليه السلام said: "When he is strong enough to fast."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh
وَ فِي رِوَايَةِ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ وَهْبٍ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ فِي كَمْ يُؤْخَذُ اَلصَّبِيُّ بِالصِّيَامِ قَالَ «مَا بَيْنَهُ وَ بَيْنَ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً أَوْ أَرْبَعَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً فَإِنْ هُوَ صَامَ قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ فَدَعْهُ وَ لَقَدْ صَامَ اِبْنِي فُلاَنٌ قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ فَتَرَكْتُهُ».
In the narration of Mu'awiyah ibn Wahb, he said: "I asked Abu Abdullah عليه السلام at what age a child should be required to fast. Imam عليه السلام said: 'Between fourteen and fifteen years of age. If he fasts before that, let him be. My son so-and-so fasted before that age, and I left him to it.'"
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh, p. 94
وَ فِي خَبَرٍ آخَرَ: «عَلَى اَلصَّبِيِّ إِذَا اِحْتَلَمَ اَلصِّيَامُ وَ عَلَى اَلْمَرْأَةِ إِذَا حَاضَتِ اَلصِّيَامُ ».
In another report: "A boy is required to fast when he reaches puberty, and a woman is required to fast when she menstruates."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh
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