The ruling on Hajj for a person who is fourteen years old
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Question:
The listener: (Salih . B. M) from Makkah al-Mukarramah sent a message containing several of his questions. In one of his questions, he says: I have a brother who is fourteen years old. Is it obligatory for him to perform the obligatory Hajj at this age?
Answer:
If he has reached puberty, meaning: if he has emitted semen in sleep, or while awake due to desire, then he is an adult, even if he has not completed fifteen years of age. Or if he has grown coarse hair around the private parts—the hair—if he has grown hair, then he is an adult, and he may perform Hajj, even at this age, fourteen years old.
As for if he has not grown hair and has not reached puberty, then Hajj is not obligatory for him until he reaches fifteen years of age, meaning: until he completes fifteen years of age, or emits semen due to desire, or grows hair. Indeed, a man only reaches puberty by one of these three: either by completing fifteen years of age, or by growing hair around the private parts, or by reaching puberty—by emitting semen—whether in sleep or while awake. If he emits semen due to desire by thinking and emitting, or touching his penis and emitting, or reaches puberty at night or during the day and emits, then he has thereby reached puberty, even if he is ten years old, or eleven years old, or twelve years old. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
The listener: (Salih . B. M) from Makkah al-Mukarramah sent a message containing several of his questions. In one of his questions, he says: I have a brother who is fourteen years old. Is it obligatory for him to perform the obligatory Hajj at this age?
Answer:
If he has reached puberty, meaning: if he has emitted semen in sleep, or while awake due to desire, then he is an adult, even if he has not completed fifteen years of age. Or if he has grown coarse hair around the private parts—the hair—if he has grown hair, then he is an adult, and he may perform Hajj, even at this age, fourteen years old.
As for if he has not grown hair and has not reached puberty, then Hajj is not obligatory for him until he reaches fifteen years of age, meaning: until he completes fifteen years of age, or emits semen due to desire, or grows hair. Indeed, a man only reaches puberty by one of these three: either by completing fifteen years of age, or by growing hair around the private parts, or by reaching puberty—by emitting semen—whether in sleep or while awake. If he emits semen due to desire by thinking and emitting, or touching his penis and emitting, or reaches puberty at night or during the day and emits, then he has thereby reached puberty, even if he is ten years old, or eleven years old, or twelve years old. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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