Mukallaf

A person legally responsible: sane, and past the age of puberty.

Also written · Mukalaf · Mukallef · Taklif · Takleef · Baligh · Baaligh · Bulugh · Buloogh · legally responsible · age of responsibility · puberty · accountable

The meaning

What Mukallaf means in Islam

The obligations of fiqh apply once both conditions are met, and the Prophet said the pen is lifted from three: the sleeper until he wakes, the child until he matures, and the one who has lost his mind until he recovers. Children are taught to pray at seven and firmly encouraged at ten, but what they do counts as voluntary and earns them reward without obligation. Puberty is judged by physical signs, or where none appear, by an age the schools commonly set around fifteen.

Evidence · Sunnah · Established in the authentic Sunnah

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Fard 'AynAn individual obligation: every responsible Muslim must perform it personally.فَرْضُ عَيْن
FardObligatory: required by decisive evidence, and sinful to abandon without an excuse.فَرْض
Niyyah (in law)Intention, which decides what an act legally is, not merely whether it is rewarded.النِّيَّة
SalahThe formal Muslim prayer, performed five times a day at set times, facing Makkah.الصَّلاة