Sunan Abi Dawud · Prayer (Kitab Al-Salat)
باب مَتَى يُؤْمَرُ الْغُلاَمُ بِالصَّلاَةِ
Chapter: When A Boy Should Be Ordered To Offer As-Salat.
4 hadith · references 494–497
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Abu Dawud · 494مُرُوا الصَّبِيَّ بِالصَّلَاةِ إِذَا بَلَغَ سَبْعَ سِنِينَ ، وَإِذَا بَلَغَ عَشْرَ سِنِينَ فَاضْرِبُوهُ عَلَيْهَاNarrated As-Saburah: The Prophet ﷺ said: Command a boy to pray when he reaches the age of seven years. When he becomes ten years old, then beat him for prayer.5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 495مُرُوا أَوْلَادَكُمْ بِالصَّلَاةِ وَهُمْ أَبْنَاءُ سَبْعِ سِنِينَ ، وَاضْرِبُوهُمْ عَلَيْهَا وَهُمْ أَبْنَاءُ عَشْرٍ سِنِينَ ، وَفَرِّقُوا بَيْنَهُمْ فِي الْمَضَاجِعِNarrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-As: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Command your children to pray when they become seven years old, and beat them for it (prayer) when they become ten years old; and arrange their beds (to6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 496حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ ، حَدَّثَنِي دَاوُدُ بْنُ سَوَّارٍ الْمُزَنِيُّ ، بِإِسْنَادِهِ وَمَعْنَاهُ ، وَزَادَ : وَإِذَا زَوَّجَ أَحَدُكُمْ خَادِمَهُ عَبْدَهُ أَوْ أَجِيرَهُ ، فَلَا يَنْThis tradition has been narrated by Dawud bin Sawar al-Muzani through a different chain of transmitters and to the same effect. This version adds; if any of you marries his slave-girl to his male-slave or his servant, he3 narratorsAbu Dawud · 497إِذَا عَرَفَ يَمِينَهُ مِنْ شِمَالِهِ ، فَمُرُوهُ بِالصَّلَاةِNarrated 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 o5 narrators