at what age does it become obligatory to
fast now to read phrase the question so
that it would become a bit more
informative who are those that fasting
is obligatory upon them or in another
word what are the conditions that must
be fulfilled so fasting would become
mandatory there are five conditions one
is Islam 2 is to be accountable 3 is to
be able 4 is to be a resident 5 is to
not have any obstacles
and I'll explain this to you in a very
easy fashion insha'Allah first you have
to be a Muslim which means if a
non-muslim comes to you and says your
religion is beautiful can i fast with
you Ramadan sure thing fast so he fast
exactly like I do from the break of dawn
till the sunset and he eats futur he
eats some Busiek with me and in some
shorba maybe some Brioni this is not
accepted from him because he's a kafir
he's a disbeliever so condition number
one you have to be Muslim in order for
you that your fasting is accepted and
it's obligated number two to be
accountable in Arabic we call it a tech
leaf
and the cliff means that you have to be
sane and a doubt
what do you mean by saying which means
that anyone who's insane someone who
does not have control of his actions or
thought someone who's lost his sanity is
not obliged to fast someone who's forty
years of age but he takes his poo and
wash his face with it he doesn't know
when it's morning on when it's evening
he doesn't know his father from his
brother he doesn't know anything he's a
he has the intellect over 3 or 2 years
of age child insane he's not obliged to
fast and if he does it's not counted for
him and likewise a child who did not
reach the age of puberty and the
evidence when you bring this from jail
was crystal clear the Prophet said
eraser the pen which means the
accountability pen that registers your
good deeds and bad deeds
the pen is uplifted from three someone
who's asleep until he wakes up someone
who's insane until he regains his sanity
and a child until he reaches the age of
puberty so this answers your question
though it does not finish my argument at
what age does it become obligatory to
fast when the child becomes an adult
he's obliged to fast it's mandatory upon
him to fast
oh sure does this mean that a child does
not fast because a boy may reach the age
of puberty when he is like 13 or 14
years of age so we he doesn't fast say
no no no he's obliged to fast when he
reaches the age of puberty it doesn't
mean that we do not teach him how to
fast and train him how to fast earlier
on can you explain yeah sure
the Prophet says is awesome order your
children to pray when they are seven and
beat them when they are ten
they have not reached the age of puberty
they're not accountable yes but this is
part of the training from 3 from 7 to 10
3 years I do not lay a hand on the child
come son let's pray come pray I'll give
his chocolate come with me to the
message all people are asking about you
encouragement a little bit of
intimidation but no punishment at all
for 3 years 360 days multiplied by 5
times you do the math I flunked calculus
101 so this doesn't mean he's
accountable but this is a training
likewise the children the Companions
used to ask and have their children fast
until it's midday when they're starving
and thirsty they would give them
probably dolls of wool to play with when
it's a sir time and they're totally
wasted so they allowed them to eat maybe
a drink next year the period would be
longer third year they're okay
is it obligatory to defer them too fast
no it's not you should train them but
what is the appropriate age to train
them it differs because such a training
depends entirely on their endurance and
their tolerance I have one of my
grandchildren who's 8 years of age when
she started too fast she was 8 and she
fasted the whole of Ramallah mashallah
no problem not that single day missed
not feeling fatigued not crying and and
and whining and I have another grandson
who's like 11 years of age and he often
breaks his fasting he's free can't
tolerated so it depends on the tolerance
of the person or what we do is encourage
them give them good words of praising
etc until it gets into the system and
then sha Allah it would be normal
going back to my argument I have not
finished so Muslim accountable and then
he has to be able for fastened to be
mandated what do you mean able Sheikh if
he is too old he's 90 years of age he
doesn't have any illnesses but being
this old he's so fragile and weak so by
12 noon he's almost dead no power so
he's not able he's exempted or
chronically ill someone who has an
illness that mandates that he breaks his
fast
doctors say he would never ever be able
to fast or make up his missed days those
are not obliged to fast number four he
has to be a resident so a person who's
traveling is exempted from fasting and
number five obstacles must be removed
there should not be obstacles what do we
mean obstacles women who are
menstruating or having postnatal
bleeding this out of their choice
prevents them from fasting so these are
the five conditions memorize them it
would give you a lot of knowledge and
momentum to understand when to fast and
we're not too fast
