Authors
1 Professor, Department of Islamic Jurisprudence and Fundamentals of Islamic Law, Farabi Campus, University of Tehran, Qom, Iran.
2 PhD Graduate, Department of Fiqh and Law, Razavi University of Islamic Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
3 PhD Graduate, Department of Islamic Jurisprudence and Fundamentals of Islamic Law, Farabi Campus, University of Tehran, Qom, Iran.
Abstract
The main issue of this research is to investigate the validity and possibility of a child's proxy in performing acts of worship in Islamic jurisprudence. The aim of the research is to explain in detail the different views, their foundations and evidence, and to present a reasoned view. This research, using a descriptive-analytical method and relying on library studies, has examined and compared the opinions of Imamiyya jurists (including three approaches of validity, invalidity, and elaboration based on the legitimacy of child worship) and Sunni jurists (who have mainly rejected the proxy of a child in worship, although some elaborations have also been proposed by them). The findings of the study, citing evidence such as the applicability of the evidence of proxy, the lack of a hadith of removal of the impediment to proxy, the principle of caution in favor of correctness if the act is performed correctly, the existence of criteria and expediency in the child's worship and the order of reward for it, and the absence of an inherent defect in the act of proxying the child if the conditions are met, indicate the legitimacy of the child's proxy worship and the correctness of his proxy in religious matters (by ensuring the correct performance of the acts). The innovation of this study is in presenting a comprehensive comparative analysis and an attempt to respond to the doubts raised about the child's proxying.
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