Case 1: a fourteen-year-old boy has an established qualifying emission; puberty follows from the sign.
Case 2: a sixteen-year-old boy with no sign is pubescent under the two disciples’ threshold, but not yet by Abu Hanifah’s stated fallback age.
Case 3: a girl has completed seventeen lunar years without a sign; puberty follows by age in Abu Hanifah’s position.
Case 4: a person has completed fifteen lunar years but has not demonstrated financial prudence; puberty and release of property remain separate questions.
The next lesson turns to insolvency and creditors’ rights.
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Four cases applying the different positions
Kitab al-Hajr: Signs of Puberty, Age Thresholds, and the Muraahiq’s Claim
Case 1: a fourteen-year-old boy has an established qualifying emission; puberty follows from the sign.
Case 2: a sixteen-year-old boy with no sign is pubescent under the two disciples’ threshold, but not yet by Abu Hanifah’s stated fallback age.
Case 3: a girl has completed seventeen lunar years without a sign; puberty follows by age in Abu Hanifah’s position.
Case 4: a person has completed fifteen lunar years but has not demonstrated financial prudence; puberty and release of property remain separate questions.
The next lesson turns to insolvency and creditors’ rights.