The Age Limit of Puberty

Question

Question: Up to what age is a person regarded as a minor in the noble Shari‘a?

Answer

If the signs of puberty — ihtilam (a wet dream), inzal (emission of semen) and the like — are not established, then a fifteen-year-old boy will be counted as adult according to the Shari‘a. [ar]فإن لم يوجد فيهما شيء منها فحتى يتم لكل منهما خمس عشرة سنة، وبه يفتى[/ar] “If none of these is found in either of them, then until each of them completes fifteen years; and the fatwa is…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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