Fasting: Fasting at Maturity: Ruling for Girls Who Find It Difficult

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Fasting: Fasting at Maturity: Ruling for Girls Who Find It Difficult

English:

Question #728:

What is the ruling for those girls who have recently reached maturity and find it somewhat difficult to fast? Is nine years the age when girls become mature?

Answer #728:

The legal age of maturity for girls start at the completion of nine lunar years, hence it is obligatory for them to fast. It is not permissible to forsake fasting due to some excuse. However, if fasting becomes harmful for them or involves unbearable hardship, it is permissible to break the fast.

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