بـسـم الله والحـمـد لله والـصلاة والـسـلام عــلى رسـول الله، وبـعـد
Shaikh al-`Uthaymeen رحمه الله said: “The male reaches puberty
if one of the following three occurs:
1: Releasing sperm, either from a wet
dream or something else, due to the saying of Allaah تعالى:
{وَإِذَا
بَلَغَ الاْطْفَالُ مِنكُمُ الْحُلُمَ فَلْيَسْتَأْذِنُواْ كَمَا اسْتَأْذَنَ
الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ } [النور: 59]
{And when the children among you come to puberty, then let them
(also) ask for permission, as those senior to them (in age)} [Surah
al-Noor (24): 59]
And the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said:
«غُسْلُ
الجُمُعةِ واجِبٌ على كلِّ محتلم»
“Ghusl (taking a bath) on
Friday is compulsory for every Muslim reaching the age of puberty.”
[Saheeh al-Bukhaaree (858, 879) and Saheeh Muslim (1403, 1406) on the authority
of Abu Sa`eed al-Khudree رضي الله عنه]
2: Growth of pubic hair, from the saying
of `Attiyah al-Quradhi رضي الله عنه:
«عُرِضُوا عَلَى
رَسُولِ اللَّهِ يَوْمَ قُرَيْظَةَ، فَمَنْ كَانَ مُحْتَلِمًا أَوْ نَبَتَتْ عَانَتُهُ
قُتِلَ، وَمَنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ مُحْتَلِمًا أَوْ لَمْ تَنْبُتْ عَانَتُهُ تُرِكَ»
“(The sons of Quriadhah)
were presented to the Messenger of Allaah صلى الله عليه وسلم on the day of
Quraidhah, so whoever had reached puberty or had grown pubic hair, was killed,
and the one who had not reached puberty and had not grown pubic hair he was
spared.” [Musnad Ahmad (18522, 22650), al-Nasa’ee (3429) and graded
as Saheeh li ghairihee by Shaikh al-Albaanee]
3: Reaching the age of 15 years, due to
the saying of `Abdullaah bin `Umar: “Allaah's
Apostle صلى
الله عليه وسلم called me to present myself
in front of him on the eve of the battle of Uhud, while I was fourteen years of
age at that time, and he did not allow me to take part in that battle.”
[Al-Bayhaqi and Ibn Hibbaan in his Saheeh added with an authentic chain: “and he did not think that I reached puberty.”]
“But he called me in front of him on the eve of
the battle of the Trench (Khandaq) when I was fifteen years old, and he allowed
me (to join the battle).” [Bayhaqi and Ibn Hibban added with a
Saheeh chain: “he considered me as mature.”]
al-Nafi` said: “I went to `Umar bin `Abdul `Azeez who was Caliph at that time
and related the above narration to him. He said: “This
age (fifteen) is the limit between childhood and manhood,” and wrote
to his governors to give salaries to those who reached the age of fifteen. [Saheeh al-Bukhaaree (2664), Saheeh Muslim (3479), Ibn Hibbaan (4728),
al-Baihaqee (2152)]
And females attain puberty the same way as the male, with
the addition of the fourth occurrence, which is, menstruation. So when a girl
menstruates then she is mature, so she is held responsible (for her actions) even
if she didn’t reach ten years old.
And if a child reaches puberty during the day in Ramadhaan,
if he is already fasting then he should continue, and if he was not fasting, he
should not eat the rest of the day, because he has become an adult who is
obliged to fast. And he does not have to make up the day because he didn’t
fulfill the condition of fasting at the beginning of the day.”
[Majaalis Shahr Ramadhaan]
As-salaamu alaikum
ReplyDeleteThere is a mistake in the English Hadeeth no. 2
“(The sons of Quriadhah) were presented of Allaah صلى الله عليه وسلم..."
I think it's supposed to be 'were presented to the Prophet of Allah'.
JazakAllah
Sana
wa `alaikum assalaam wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuh.
DeleteJazaak Allaahu khair for the correction, wa baarak Allaahu feeki.