Al-Kāfi - The Book of Marriage

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Marriage 5- عَلِيٌّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُ٠َيْرٍ عَنْ رَجُلٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) قَالَ قُلْتُ الْجَارِيَةُ ابْنَةُ كَ٠ْ لا تُسْتَصْبَى ابْنَةُ سِتٍّ أَوْ سَبْعٍ فَقَالَ لا ابْنَةُ تِسْعٍ لا تُسْتَصْبَى وَأَجْ٠ْ عَلَى أَنَّ ابْنَةَ تِسْعٍ لا تُسْتَصْبَى إِلا أَنْ يَكُونَ فِي عَقْلِهَا ضَعْفٌ وَإِلا فَهِيَ إِذَا بَلَغَتْ تِسْعاً فَقَدْ بَلَغَتْ.

Is it a girl who is six or seven years old?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘No, a nine-year-old girl is not considered a child and all of them are unanimous that a girl who is nine years old is not considered a child unless there is weakness in her reason, otherwise, when she becomes nine years old she becomes mature.’” حسن - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (20/251))