Jamiatul Ulama KZN Council of Muslim Theologians
Nasihah (Advice): Ask Allah for the love of Imaan
Sayyiduna Rifa’ah ibn Rafi’ Radiyallahu Anhu reported that Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam said, “O Allah, make Imaan beloved to us and beautify it in our hearts, and make unbelief, wickedness, and disobedience hateful to us, and make us among the rightly-guided. O Allah, let us pass away as Muslims, live as Muslims, and let us be joined with the righteous.” [Al Adab Al Mufrad]
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Question and Answer:
- If a child is born in a non-Muslim home and decides to become a Muslim; at what age will the Islam of the child be considered valid?
(Question published as received)
- The Islam of a child living in a non-Muslim home will be considered valid from the age of seven. From this age, the discernment of the child will be considered sufficiently valid to revert to Islam. [Shaami 3:565]
And Allah Ta’ala Knows Best
Mufti Moosa Salie
Mufti Taahir Hansa
(The answer hereby given is specifically based on the question asked and should be read together with the question asked. Islamic rulings on this Q&A newsletter are answered in accordance to the Hanafi Fiqh unless otherwise stated.)
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