Bismillaah alhumdulillaah was salaatu was salaamu 'ala rasulullaah wa ba'ad:
Assallaamu alaikum wa rahmatullaah
Alhumdulillaah I came across this fatwa of Shaykh Saaleh al-Fawzaan hafidhahullaah just recently and thought it might be of benfit to any one who is a parent, older sibling, relative or friend to any young (pre-puberty) salafees.
A lot of us grew up in jahiliyyah and therefore we were exposed to the things that we try and protect our children from. The point being when we 'hit' puberty we may have seen it as something to boast about wAllaahu a'lam. As our young beautiful children (may Allaah preserve them all) are generally shy they may not discuss these changes to their bodies and Allaah knows best.
Please ikhwaan wa akhawaat be vigilant over your children in all aspects!!! As we don't lack in our efforts to protect them from the harms of the societies that we live in, be it from shirk, bid'ah, lewdness and so on. However something that is/or will be so much a part of them we may have no knowledge of transpiring. wAllaahul musta'an.
'ala kulli haal. If I have said anything wrong then it is from me and there is anything right in what I have stated then it is from Allaah, walhumdulillaah.
wassallaamu alaikum warahmatullaah
Abu Mariam Hashim as-Surtee
Here follows the Fatwa of the Noble Shaykh hafidhahullaah wa hayahumullaah. Ameen.
The Signs of Puberty
Question:
I was fourteen years old when my period first started. I did not fast during Ramadhan that year bearing in mind that this action was a product of my ignorance and the ignorance of my family, as we were isolated from Scholars and we had no knowledge in such matters. I then fasted when I was fifteen. I have heard from some Scholars that if a girl has periods she must fast, even if she is less than the age of puberty. We hope for further information.
Answer:
This questioner who mentioned about herself that her menses started when she was fourteen did not know that this attains puberty. There is no sin upon her for leaving fasting that year because she was ignorant of the ruling and there is no sin upon the one who is ignorant. However when she came to know that fasting is obligatory upon her it is there forth necessary for her to quickly make up for the month?s fasting that passed after she started her menses. This is because fasting is obligatory upon a girl when she reaches puberty. A girl reaches puberty if one of the four things occur:
1. She turns fifteen years of age. 2. Her pubic hair begins to grow. 3. She has sexual discharges. 4. She starts her menses.
So if one of these four occurs, she has reached puberty and is now responsible for her actions. Worship rituals are now obligatory on her like they are obligatory upon adults.
Abu-Mariam
08-12-2004 @ 12:28 PM
