Issue 16: Each of the following signs can indicate boys' puberty:

1- Growing thick pubic hair

2- Seminal effusion

3- Fifteen complete lunar years of age.

Issue 17: The growing of thick hair on the face and above the lips, in the chest and armpits, a harsh voice and the like, are not considered as signs of puberty but each a means of making sure about it.

Issue 18: Each of the following signs can indicate girls' puberty:

1- Growing thick pubic hair.

2- Seminal effusion despite the belief that women's semen is not effused.

3- Discharging menstrual blood

4- In case none of the aforementioned signs is seen, the criterion will be to complete thirteen lunar years of age.

Issue 19: When a girl is not certain whether she has completed thirteen lunar years of age, and she discharges some blood which does not bear any sign of menstruation, then the blood is not considered menstrual blood, but if the blood has some signs of menstruation and she is certain about that, it will be menstrual blood, and this indicates that she has reached puberty.

Q20: Based on your verdict, the age of puberty for girls is thirteen years of age. Are veiling, covering and all other obligations seen as obligatory for girls of thirteen who imitate you from the same age?

A: Yes. They must observe all issues including obligations. But in the case of women's veiling and covering, their chastity and social modesty, and the corresponding social conventions are such important issues whose observation is as necessary for immature girls.

Q21: If a girl has been imitating Imam Khomeini (PBUH) or one of the grand religious jurists who consider the age of puberty to be nine years of age, is she allowed to follow your verdict on the age of puberty in practicing her Quadha prayers and fasts?

A: If despite knowing that they have been obligatory to her, she has abandoned practicing prayers and fasts since she was nine, she must practice those obligations according to the verdicts of the Mujtahid whom she has already been imitating.