faqih-1902Vol. 2, p. 122
الصَّبِيُّ يُؤْخَذُ بِالصِّيَامِ إِذَا بَلَغَ تِسْعَ سِنِينَ عَلَى قَدْرِ مَا يُطِيقُهُ فَإِنْ أَطَاقَ إِلَى الظُّهْرِ أَوْ بَعْدَهُ صَامَ إِلَى ذَلِكَ الْوَقْتِ فَإِذَا غَلَبَ عَلَيْهِ الْجُوعُ أَوِ الْعَطَشُ أَفْطَرَ[1]
Chapter on the Age at Which Children Are Required to Observe Fasting
Related topics
Chapter on the Reason for the Obligation of Fasting4Chapter on Supplications for the First Day of the Month of Ramadan2Chapter on Supplications at the Time of Breaking the Fast Each Night in the Month of Ramadan3Chapter on the Etiquettes of the Fasting Person, What Invalidates the Fast, and What Does Not Invalidate it31Chapter on What is Obligatory for One Who Breaks the Fast or Engages in Intercourse in the Month of Ramadan Intentionally or Forgetfully19Chapter on Fasting Upon Sighting the Moon and Breaking the Fast Upon Sighting the Moon15Chapter on Fasting on the Day of Doubt9Chapter on the Time When Breaking the Fast Becomes Permissible and Prayer Becomes Obligatory2Chapter on the Time When Eating and Drinking Become Forbidden for the Fasting Person and the Morning Prayer Becomes Permissible7Chapter on the Extent of Illness That Permits Breaking the Fast6Chapter on the Virtue of Fasting14What Has Been Said About Those Who Are Unable to Fast, Whether They Are an Elderly Person, a Young Person, a Pregnant Woman, or a Nursing Mother5
faqih-1903Vol. 2, p. 122
إِذَا أَطَاقَ الْغُلَامُ صَوْمَ ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ مُتَتَابِعَةٍ فَقَدْ وَجَبَ عَلَيْهِ صِيَامُ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ[2].
Hadith.1904 - It is narrated from Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) 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."
faqih-1904Vol. 2, p. 122
إِذَا قَوِيَ عَلَى الصِّيَامِ.
Hadith.1905 - Sama'ah asked Imam (as) about when a child should begin fasting. Imam (as) said: "When he is strong enough to fast."
faqih-1905Vol. 2, p. 122
سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع فِي كَمْ يُؤْخَذُ الصَّبِيُّ بِالصِّيَامِ قَالَ مَا بَيْنَهُ وَ بَيْنَ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً[3] أَوْ أَرْبَعَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً فَإِنْ هُوَ صَامَ قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ فَدَعْهُ وَ لَقَدْ صَامَ ابْنِي فُلَانٌ قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ فَتَرَكْتُهُ.
Hadith.1906 - In the narration of Mu'awiyah ibn Wahb, he said: "I asked Abu Abdullah (as) at what age a child should be required to fast. Imam (as) 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.'"
faqih-1906Vol. 2, p. 122
وَ فِي خَبَرٍ آخَرَ: «عَلَى اَلصَّبِيِّ إِذَا اِحْتَلَمَ اَلصِّيَامُ وَ عَلَى اَلْمَرْأَةِ إِذَا حَاضَتِ اَلصِّيَامُ ».
Hadith.1907 - In another report: "A boy is required to fast when he reaches puberty, and a woman is required to fast when she menstruates."