Fasting: Does a Nine-Year-Old Girl Have to Make Up a Broken Fast?

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Fasting: Does a Nine-Year-Old Girl Have to Make Up a Broken Fast?

English:

Question #730:

A nine-year old girl, upon whom it is obligatory to fast, breaks her fast because fasting is very hard for her. Does she have to perform the qaḍā’ of the fast?

Answer #730:

Yes, she has to perform the qaḍā’ of the Ramadan fast that she broke.

-Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Importance and Conditions of Fasting