- The right to pursue him is suspended: anyone who grants him a loan¹ or sells him something while knowing of his interdiction has no claim against him until the interdiction is removed.
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If someone hands his property over to a minor, a madman, or a spendthrift and that person destroys it, the latter bears no liability. Conversely, whoever takes² property from any one of them is liable for it until the guardian takes possession—unless he took it solely for safekeeping and it was lost without negligence, like a person who seizes a stolen article only in order to preserve it for its owner.
If a person attains puberty while still a spendthrift³, or attains puberty while insane and later regains sanity and sound judgment, the interdiction is lifted from him⁴ and his property is delivered to him—never before that under any circumstance.
A male comes of age through three signs⁵: seminal emission,⁶ completing fifteen lunar years, or the appearance⁷ of coarse hair around the pubic region. A female comes of age by these signs and also by menstruation.
Sound judgment (rushd) is the ability to manage one’s wealth correctly and to safeguard it from useless expenditure.