Islam Museum Islam Museum islam.museum
Search ⌕ ARENUR
Accessibility
Text size 100%

Saved on this device only — nothing is sent anywhere.

Amrad (the beardless youth, and rulings on him)

الأمرد

Amrad is a youth whose beard has not grown and who has not reached the age when it usually appears. 1 The rulings on him concern looking, being alone, shaking hands, whether touching breaks ablution, and leading prayer. The rule is that whatever causes temptation is forbidden unless a public interest outweighs it. 123

Depth

At a glance

Era
The Prophetic Era
Region
Global / Diaspora
Review
Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it

Ethics and character

Definition

Amrad is a youth whose beard has not grown and who has not reached the age at which it usually appears. The lexical root is smooth cheeks. 1

Rulings

  • Looking and being alone: a beardless youth who is not attractive is treated like any other man. A handsome one may be looked at without desire, a view most jurists allow; looking with desire is forbidden, and the Hanafis and Shafi'is count such looking as like looking at a woman. Being alone with him is nearer to harm. 12
  • Shaking hands: most jurists forbid touching or shaking hands with a handsome beardless youth with desire; the Hanafis dislike it. 2
  • Breaking ablution by touching him with desire: the Malikis and one view of Ahmad hold it breaks ablution; the Shafi'is and the other view of Ahmad do not. 2
  • Leading prayer: most jurists dislike praying behind a handsome beardless youth, since he is a source of temptation. 2
  • Dealing with him: one must take care and keep to what is needed. 23
  • The rule: whatever causes temptation is forbidden unless a greater interest outweighs it; the means to corruption must be closed. 3

People and things also explored

Ada' al-dayn (paying a debt: its ruling, the manner of payment, insolvency and the debts of the dead)· Ada' al-shahada (performing testimony: the duty on request, the excused witness, and the wording)· Manners of the Qur'an bearer· Biting and the liability for injury it causes (add)· Adha (harm of a slight kind: removing harmful things and the duty not to harm)· Justice and grace (adl wal-fadl)· Pardon (afw) in purity, worship, contracts and penalties· Covenant (ahd) and the duty to keep it; oath by the covenant of God

Sources

  1. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.3391
  2. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.3392
  3. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.3393
Cite this page

islam.museum contributors. “Amrad (the beardless youth, and rulings on him)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/concept/amrad/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.

Improve this page on GitHub · Report an error · JSON

Wing

Ideas

Beliefs, concepts, sciences and schools, explained in plain words. Related

Ada' al-dayn (paying a debt: its ruling, the manner of payment, insolvency and the debts of the dead)

Paying a debt in the form owed is obligatory by consensus. A debt due now must be paid on demand when the debtor can pay; a deferred debt is not due before its term. Payment is made in like items, with value owed where there is no like; a better payment is allowed when unconditioned. Remission, gift, assignment, set-off and settlement take the place of payment. A solvent debtor who refuses is compelled, imprisoned and his apparent property sold; the majority hold that a bankrupt is put under interdiction and his property divided among creditors, against Abu Hanifa. The insolvent is given respite, and his debt may be paid from zakat if he borrowed for himself in a lawful matter. A dead person's debt attaches to his estate and takes precedence over bequests and inheritance.