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Riyad as-Salihin 301

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Command your children to perform Salat (prayer) when they are seven years old, and beat them for (not offering) it when they are ten, and do…

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وعن عمرو بن شعيب، عن أبيه، عن جده رضي الله عنه

قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: «مروا أولادكم بالصلاة وهم أبناء سبع سنين، واضربوهم عليها، وهم أبناء عشر، وفرقوا بينهم في المضاجع» (حديث حسن

Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Command your children to perform Salat (prayer) when they are seven years old, and beat them for (not offering) it when they are ten, and do not let (boys and girls) sleep together”.

Riyad as-Salihin 301, Book 1, The Book of Miscellany, Hadith 301. 1 min read

What it means

The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) clarified that the father should command his children - boys and girls - to pray when they are seven years old, and he should teach them what they need to establish prayer. On reaching ten, he should add the beating if they show negligence in observing the prayer. Moreover, he should separate them in beds.

What it teaches

  • Teaching young children before reaching the age of puberty matters of religion, the most important of which is prayer.
  • Beating should be for the sake of discipline, not torture, so he should beat in a way that suits the child's circumstance.
  • The Shariah cares about protecting people's honor and blocks all means that may lead to corruption.

From the Encyclopedia of Translated Prophetic Hadiths, hadeethenc.com.

The chain

Who passed it on, from Imam an-Nawawi back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Imam an-NawawiCompiler, died 676 AH
  2. 2Amr ibn ShuaybFrom, Successor, died 118 AH
  3. 3Shuayb ibn Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn AmrFrom, Successor, died 81 AH
  4. 4Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-AsFrom, Companion, died 63 AH

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