رياض الصالحين
Riyad as-Salihin Hadith 302
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Chapter 37
Chapter context: Urging one's kith and kin to Obey Allah and refrain from evils
- باب وجوب أمر أهله وأولاده المميزين وسائر من في رعيته بطاعة الله تعالى، ونهيهم عن المخالفة وتأديبهم، ومنعهم من ارتكاب منهي عنه
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Original Arabic
و عن أبي ثرية سبرة بن معبد الجهني رضي الله عنه قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم : " علموا الصبي الصلاة لسبع سنين" واضربوه عليها ابن عشر سنين" حديث حسن رواه أبو داود، والترمذي وقال حديث حسن. ولفظ أبي داود: " مروا الصبي بالصلاة إذا بلغ سبع سنين".
Translation
English translation
Sabrah bin Ma'bad Al-Juhani (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Teach a boy Salat (the prayer) when he attains the age of seven years, and punish him (if he does not offer it) at ten". [Abu Dawud and Tirmidhi, who categorized it as Hadith Hasan]. The narration in Abu Dawud is: Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Order a boy to perform Salat (the prayer) when he is seven years old".
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This is Hadith 302 in Riyad as-Salihin. It appears in Book 1, The Book of Miscellany, as in-book entry 302 under the chapter “Urging one's kith and kin to Obey Allah and refrain from evils.”
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