If a boy reaches puberty during prayer, is it obligatory for him to restart the prayer from the beginning?
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The questioner : Shaykh, if a boy reaches puberty while in prayer, do we say he must start the prayer anew because he intended it as a voluntary prayer?
The Shaykh : He asks whether, if he reaches puberty during the prayer, it suffices for the obligatory prayer or if he must restart it. The school of thought holds that he must restart it, because the beginning of the prayer cannot be voluntary and the end obligatory; he must restart it.
The second opinion is that he is not required to restart it, and this is the more correct view. Just as if he prayed this obligatory prayer and then reached puberty after completing it, he is not required to repeat it.
The Shaykh : He asks whether, if he reaches puberty during the prayer, it suffices for the obligatory prayer or if he must restart it. The school of thought holds that he must restart it, because the beginning of the prayer cannot be voluntary and the end obligatory; he must restart it.
The second opinion is that he is not required to restart it, and this is the more correct view. Just as if he prayed this obligatory prayer and then reached puberty after completing it, he is not required to repeat it.