Imagine a child reaches legal puberty at noon on the 15th of Ramadan. At dawn the child was not yet legally obligated. The text requires abstention for the rest of the 15th.
The first 14 days are not owed as make-up, nor is the 15th under the principal Hanafi rule. Starting on the 16th, the person observes the remaining obligatory fasts as an adult Muslim.
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Kitab al-Sawm: Interrupted Voluntary Worship, Puberty and Conversion
Imagine a child reaches legal puberty at noon on the 15th of Ramadan. At dawn the child was not yet legally obligated. The text requires abstention for the rest of the 15th.
The first 14 days are not owed as make-up, nor is the 15th under the principal Hanafi rule. Starting on the 16th, the person observes the remaining obligatory fasts as an adult Muslim.