Q: What age is recommended for one to start fasting? Mufti Abu Layth

bismillah [Music] [Music] you right so what age is recommended for one to start fasting say comfortably about 35 right the thing is look it's difficult really just to set an age okay I know some of the methods like the

chef's a year and some people they say at the age of 10 or at the age of these and that but in all honesty when a person is pubescent when the person has entered puberty at that stage the obligation is upon the child who no longer is now from an Islamic perspective is now treated as an adult that's not the same as all obviously statutory kind of rulings but from an Islamic faith perspective the person the child is seen now as a kind of quasi or

a young adult who has certain discernments and they can distinguish they can make certain judgments on certain things they can recognize and they are now liable for for performing certain acts of worship so praying as an example so there is a hadith now where I shadowed Allah on her says that three people roofie al alamin and Thalassa that three people have the pen lifted meaning by this obviously metaphor not been lifted just in case ya know literally sometimes we have literally

been lifted but they have the pen lifted liability is removed okay and amongst them and an a-team hat is deity the person who's sleeping for example rossabi hata italian okay the child until he or she enters puberty and much known had octal okay and a person who is about about of insanity insanity attack until they return or regain their sanity

right now so once again you have to kind of just I think you have to just just gauge it and understand it you've got to have that kind of understanding really what's interesting is I like the way Imam Jose I kind of dealt with this where he said if a young person is capable of of take of handling three successive fasts in a row that they can handle three days then that person is capable of for handling the entire Ramadan and if they couldn't if they

were struggling with three successive days then then maybe not I just thought that's an interesting it's a different way great Imam Imam was I unfortunately his wife killed him in the steam room [Laughter] she actually did yes she actually what he called a hammam like a Turkish bath she locked him in by accident which are a great you mom's died unfortunately back him on long I live mercy on him but [Laughter]

that's what happens I mean in hindsight should have given the Lark the I guess [Laughter] this is how great men have also have met their demise unfortunately you know they've but anyway as an him as an awesome Imam he's his way of thinking okay his way of thinking Oh different is different so but I think having a set number two saying oh this Charles reach

ten he must fast Ramadan I think that's to be challenged really that person's perspective and that's not how it should be should be a more real organic kind of gauging measuring kind of approach so okay I hope that helps for

secondary school primary I think primary school kids really should it shouldn't be pushed on them like primary school I think if they want to I think if they can handle it then there's no harm in I think one way and including many of the selleth is transmitted would do things like that as well they would sometimes they kids would fast with them and they would let them go with it as long as they can handle it so if during the day they would say all right you know I'm not too hungry now they would

just give them food so there's nothing wrong in doing that if the kids are like you're right kids will probably eager say yeah everybody's waking up I want to wake up on a faster one and if they want to try it out although right now in the UK days are very long but I mean let's just say let's say wintertime or whatever autumn time or springtime or whatever so the kids want to try I don't think there's any harm I think if it's getting to them then they should just be given food and told that look and I'll do it on weekends or something and you know different days where they can rest of it because it's gonna be a long day

as well for kids I take it so right okay should go next question