 وأقول في القرآن ما جاءت به آياته فهو الكاريم المنزال وأقول قال الله جل جلاله والمصطف الهدي ولا أتأواله الحمد لله رب العالمين له الحمد الحسن والثناء الجميل وأشهد أن لا إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له وأشهد أن سيدنا ونبينا محمد صلى الله عليه وعليه وعلى آله وأصحابه والتابعين لهم بإحسان إلى يوم الدين أما بعد هذا إن شاء الله وتعالى is our seventh episode but our sixth lesson إن شاء الله وتعالى In this lesson بإذن الله الكريم I will be covering بإذن الله الكريم fasting of the child the child's fasting صوم الأطفال إن شاء الله وتعالى I hope to cover five points in this بإذن الله الكريم the first point that I want to cover is what is the ruling for a child to fast that hasn't reached age of puberty what is the ruling ما حكم صيام صبي الذي لم يبلغ what we say is that the child who hasn't reached puberty fasting is not obligatory on him or it's not obligatory on her the child doesn't have to fast the fasting is obligatory on the individual who reaches age of puberty the مكلف is the one who is عاقل and بالغ it is the individual who reaches age of puberty the child is not مكلف he hasn't reached age of puberty so we say it is not obligatory for that child to fast but if he chooses to fast and he wants to fast or the parents they make him fast then the child gets the reward but it's not obligatory on him point number two إن شاء الله وتعالى that I want to cover today when is the child commanded to fast when is he made to fast the child the child is commanded to fast if he reaches the age of seven so he can train himself and he can cultivate himself upon fasting so he can get used to it so when he is seven he is told to fast and the parents they tell the child to fast the reason for that is so he can train himself and cultivate himself from when fasting becomes obligatory on him so it's a preparation for him to get used to it third point إن شاء الله وتعالى when does it actually become obligatory on him متى يجيبوا الصياموا على الصغيري the fasting becomes obligatory on the child إذا بلغا when he reaches puberty that's when it becomes obligatory شبعا يجيبوا الصياموا على الصغيري إذا بلغا the fasting becomes obligatory on the child once he or she reaches the age of puberty point number four what are the signs of puberty كم علامات البلغي what are the signs for the parent or even the child himself to know that he or she has reached age of puberty علامات البلغي أربعة the signs of puberty are four three are shared by the girl and the boy and the fourth and the final one that I'm going to mention is unique to the girl the first one is خبسة عشرة سرح the first one is that the child the girl or boy reaches the age of 15 so the child reaches 15 it's puberty when do we say that that's puberty it is when all the other signs are not present so the child hasn't had any other sign of puberty he or she has reached the age of 15 that is now puberty whether the other signs have come or not the fact that the child has reached 15 is puberty remember if the other signs happen at the age of 10 or 11 or 12 that's puberty you don't wait for the age of 15 many people fall into that mistake the girl's on a menstruation and they say no but she's not 15 yet and she's got the sign of puberty already menstruation is a sign of puberty you don't have to wait for the age of 15 15 is only used or we only say 15 is that when puberty of the other signs are not there then and only then does 15 become a sign of puberty the third is the puberty يعني that girl or boy has hair between the two legs the armpits those are signs of puberty the third is they have many semen that come from the child maybe a wet dream or anything other than that this is a sign of puberty the final and last one is that the girl she sees menstruation she has her menstruation her monthly blood happens to her this is a sign of puberty these four are the signs of puberty any one of them is enough for her to reach age of puberty any one of them is enough for her to reach the age of puberty the last and final point which is the fifth that I want to cover in this class is what was the guidance and what way were the companions of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم in regards to their children how were the صحابة when it came to their children how were they like what we say is كان الصحابة يأمرون أولادهم بالصومي they used to command their children to fast فإذا قالخ صبي اريد الطعام and if the child said I want to eat, I'm hungry كانوا يعطونه ما يلعب به they would give him something to play with حتى تغرب الشمس until the sun sets they would build something to play with to distract him it doesn't focus on the hunger but they wouldn't give him food they wanted to train their children again this is at the age of seven it's at the age of seven they would train their children to fast anything which I have said that was wrong where incorrect is from me and Shaytan من الله and his messenger are free from it أستغفروك واتوب إليه