Question
Is it a condition for the obligation of zakat on a minor to reach puberty in age?
Answer
I say, and with God's help: Maturity in males is reached through wet dreams, and in females through menstruation. If these signs are not observed, maturity is reached at the age of fifteen lunar years, as is the ruling, according to Tabyin al-Haqaiq (1: 252/253). And God knows best.