The period of hadana in the Shi‘i and Sunni schools

Question

Question: You stated that in such a situation, when the girl begins to understand religion and creed, which is estimated at seven years, or if even before that there is fear of her being influenced by her mother’s beliefs, she should be separated from her mother. Indian courts apply the Sunni law of Muslims: she can stay until twelve years.

Answer

When the child begins to understand religion, and there is fear of his being influenced by the mother’s corrupt beliefs (‘aqa’id fasida), he should be separated. This issue is mentioned in most books of fiqh. I quote the text of one book and note the names of several books with page numbers, so that it is easy to look them up in these books when needed: [ar]وقد جمع في الهداية…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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