A person may reach an age without an established physical sign of puberty. Jurists therefore discuss an upper age threshold rather than requiring indefinite waiting.
Puberty by age is an alternative legal route to puberty by physical indication. It does not invalidate an earlier qualifying sign.
The disagreement at this point concerns the numerical age, not the basic role of genuine signs.
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Kitab al-Hajr: Signs of Puberty, Age Thresholds, and the Muraahiq’s Claim
A person may reach an age without an established physical sign of puberty. Jurists therefore discuss an upper age threshold rather than requiring indefinite waiting.
Puberty by age is an alternative legal route to puberty by physical indication. It does not invalidate an earlier qualifying sign.
The disagreement at this point concerns the numerical age, not the basic role of genuine signs.