Required age for fasting

[Benyameen]

Assalamualaikum,

At what specific age do you have to start fasting in Ramadan? 

[Quran313]

For girls: 9 years minus 99 days. 8.5 years almost

For boys: 15 years minus 165 days. 14.5 years almost

It's always recommended to start Wajibat and Muharramat a bit earlier than the Baliq age(8.5 for girls and 14.5 for boys). 

Edited March 27 by Quran313

[Benyameen]

Thank you brother.

[Hameedeh]

17 hours ago, Quran313 said:

For girls: 9 years minus 99 days. 8.5 years almost

For boys: 15 years minus 165 days. 14.5 years almost

Salam. I have never seen this kind of reply before. Can you please explain your answer? 

[Quran313]

23 minutes ago, Hameedeh said:

Salam. I have never seen this kind of reply before. Can you please explain your answer? 

(Some may use solar year instead of the usual calendar year that we use. I just use calendar year.)

Baliq age is based on the lunar year. 9 years of lunar year is 98 days is less than 9 years of calendar year. And 15 years of lunar year is 163 days less than calendar year.

Each lunar year is less than calendar year by 10 days and 21 hours which is almost 11 days. 

Another thing is that some may become Baliq earlier or later than the expected age. One should talk to a Faqih in that situation.

Edited March 28 by Quran313

[Hameedeh]

13 hours ago, Quran313 said:

Baliq age is based on the lunar year. 9 years of lunar year is 98 days is less than 9 years of calendar year. And 15 years of lunar year is 163 days less than calendar year.

I am pretty sure that I have mentioned at ShiaChat that I am bad at math. 

13 hours ago, Quran313 said:

Each lunar year is less than calendar year by 10 days and 21 hours which is almost 11 days. 

I agree with the 11 days. I always look at the date of the first day of Muharram last year and count backwards 11 days on the calendar, in order to estimate when the Holy Month of Muharram is likely to start this year.

13 hours ago, Quran313 said:

Another thing is that some may become Baliq earlier or later than the expected age. One should talk to a Faqih in that situation.

Thank you.