For his Islam to be valid, he stipulated two conditions: first, that he be ten years old, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) commanded that he be struck for the prayer at ten. Second, that he understand Islam, which means he knows that Allah Almighty is his Lord, with no partner, and that Muhammad is His servant and messenger. There is no disagreement regarding the necessity of this, for a child who does not understand cannot have a true belief in Islam, and his speech is merely movement of the tongue that signifies nothing. As for his stipulation of the age of ten, most of those who deem his Islam valid do not stipulate this and have not set a specific age limit for it. Ibn al-Mundhir narrated this from Ahmad, because whenever the intended purpose is achieved, there is no need for anything beyond it. It has been narrated from Ahmad that if he is seven years old, his Islam is valid, because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "Command them to pray at seven," which indicates that this is a benchmark for commanding them and for the validity of their acts of worship, and thus it would be a benchmark for the validity of their Islam. Ibn Abi Shaybah said: If he accepts Islam while he is five years old, his Islam is considered valid. Perhaps he says this because it has been said that Ali accepted Islam while he was five; for it is said that he died at fifty-eight. Based on this, his Islam would be at five, because the period of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) from the time he was sent until he died was twenty-three years, and Ali lived for thirty years after that; that makes fifty-three, and if you add five to that, it becomes fifty-eight. Abu Ayyub said: I permit the Islam of a three-year-old; whoever attains the truth, whether young or old, we permit it. However, such a child barely understands Islam and does not know what he is saying, and no ruling is established based on his words. If, however, this is found in him and his circumstances and statements indicate knowledge of Islam and his understanding of it, it is valid from him just as it is from others. And Allah knows best.

1543- Issue: He said: (If he recants and says, "I did not know what I said," no attention is paid to his statement, and he is compelled to remain in Islam.)

The summary of this is that if a child accepts Islam and we judge his Islam to be valid based on our knowledge of his understanding through its indicators,