the insane person until he regains his sanity, and from the sleeper until he wakes up." And because it is a bodily act of worship, it is not mandatory upon a child, like Hajj. Their hadith is mursal (a report with a missing link at the level of the Successors), and furthermore, we interpret it as being for recommendation, and he termed it mandatory to emphasize its recommendation, just as his saying, peace be upon him: "Ghusl (full-body ablution) on Friday is mandatory for every person who has reached puberty."

Section: If a child forms the intention to fast from the night, then reaches puberty during the day through a wet dream or by age, Al-Qadi said: He completes his fast, and there is no makeup (qada) upon him. This is because the intention for the fasting of Ramadan was achieved at night, so it suffices him just as it would an adult. It is not contradictory for the beginning of the fast to be supererogatory (nafl) and the remainder to be obligatory (fard), just as if he had commenced a fast as a voluntary act, then vowed to complete it. Abu al-Khattab held the choice that makeup is required of him, because it is a bodily act of worship that he reached puberty during the course of, after some of its essential parts (arkan) had already passed, so he is required to repeat it, like prayer, and Hajj if he reaches puberty after the Standing (at Arafah). This is because by reaching puberty, the fasting of the entire day becomes mandatory upon him, and what passed before his puberty was supererogatory, so it does not suffice for the obligatory requirement. For this reason, if he vowed to fast on the day so-and-so arrives, and the person arrives while the one who made the vow is fasting, makeup is required. As for what passed of the month before his puberty, no makeup is required, whether he fasted it or broke the fast. This is the opinion of the generality of scholars. Al-Awza'i said: He must make it up if he broke the fast while he had the capacity to perform it. Our evidence is that this was a time that passed during his childhood, so he is not required to make up the fast for it, just as if he reached puberty after Ramadan had concluded. If a child reaches puberty while he is not fasting, is he required to refrain [from food] for the remainder of that day and make it up? There are two narrations.

512 - Issue: He said: (And if a disbeliever embraces Islam during the month of Ramadan, he fasts what remains of his month.)

As for the fasting of what remains of his month, there is no disagreement regarding it. As for making up what passed of