At What Age Should Children Be Encouraged to Fast? – Shaykh Abdul-Rahim Reasat

Answered by Shaykh Abdul-Rahim Reasat

Question

At what age should children be encouraged to fast?

Shaykh Abdul-Rahim Reasat discusses the right age to encourage fasting and balancing religious training with a child’s well-being.

Shaykh Abdul-Rahim Reasat pursued Arabic Grammar and Morphology alongside his English and History degree. Post-graduation, he deepened his studies in Damascus, learning Arabic, Hanafi Fiqh, Theology, and more under notable scholars like Shaykh Adnan Darwish and Shaykh Rashad Shams. He continued in Amman, expanding into Tafsir, Hadith, Prophetic Biography, and other Islamic sciences, guided by teachers such as Shaykh Ali Hani and Dr. Hamza al-Bakri.