Will a person who dies a non-Muslim at the age of 14 to 16 be judged like a disbeliever, or is he considered a minor not held accountable for abandoning Islam?
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Scholars have differed regarding the fate of the children of disbelievers who died before puberty. As for those who died after the age of fifteen, according to the more preponderant view, or after the appearance of one of the signs of puberty, their fate is the same as that of other adult disbelievers, due to the Prophet's (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "By Him in Whose Hand is the soul of Muhammad, any Jew or Christian who hears of me, then dies without believing in that with which I have been sent, will be among the people of the Hellfire."
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