سنن أبي داود

Hadith 497

Book 2: Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)

كِتَاب الصَّلَاةِ

Chapter 26

Chapter: When A Boy Should Be Ordered To Offer As-Salat.

باب مَتَى يُؤْمَرُ الْغُلاَمُ بِالصَّلاَةِ

English narration

Narrated by امرأة معاذ بن عبد الله الجهنية

Narrated Muadh ibn Abdullah ibn Khubayb al-Juhani: Hisham ibn Saad reported: We entered upon Muadh ibn Abdullah ibn Khubayb al-Juhani. He said to his wife: When (at what age) should a boy pray? She replied: Some person of us reported: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about it; he said: When a boy distinguishes right hand from the left hand, then command him to pray.

النص العربي

حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ الْمَهْرِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ ، حَدَّثَنِي مُعَاذُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ خُبَيْبٍ الْجُهَنِيُّ ، قَالَ : دَخَلْنَا عَلَيْهِ ، فَقَالَ لِامْرَأَتِه : مَتَى يُصَلِّي الصَّبِيُّ ؟ فَقَالَتْ : كَانَ رَجُلٌ مِنَّا يَذْكُرُ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، أَنَّهُ سُئِلَ عَنْ ذَلِكَ ، فَقَالَ : "

إِذَا عَرَفَ يَمِينَهُ مِنْ شِمَالِهِ ، فَمُرُوهُ بِالصَّلَاةِ

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Reference: Sunan Abi Dawud 497In-book: Book 2, Hadith 497

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