Ibraheem Abdool

Bulūgh and Bioethics: Islamic Criteria for Puberty and its Contemporary Implications

In Islamic law, Bulūgh (puberty) separates childhood from adulthood, yet English-language scholarship on it is sparse and fragmented. We reviewed primary juristic compendia of the four canonical schools of Islamic jurisprudence (Ḥanafī, Mālikī, Shāfiʿī, Ḥanbalī), synthesized biom...