Al-bālighīn means adults who have reached legal puberty. An underage child is not personally under the Hajj obligation even if the child participates in pilgrimage with a guardian.
The value of a child’s pilgrimage is distinct from fulfilling the obligatory Hajj of adulthood. Al-Quduri addresses this later in the passage.
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Kitāb al-Ḥajj: Obligation and Conditions of Pilgrimage
Al-bālighīn means adults who have reached legal puberty. An underage child is not personally under the Hajj obligation even if the child participates in pilgrimage with a guardian.
The value of a child’s pilgrimage is distinct from fulfilling the obligatory Hajj of adulthood. Al-Quduri addresses this later in the passage.