Chapter on the Age at Which Children Should No Longer Be Touched Affectionately or Carried, and the Obligation to Separate Them in Their Beds
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 3|Book 3|Chapter 29
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume 3, Book 3, Chapter 29
Chapter on the Age at Which Children Should No Longer Be Touched Affectionately or Carried, and the Obligation to Separate Them in Their Beds
وَ رَوَى عَبْدُ اَللَّهِ بْنُ يَحْيَى اَلْكَاهِلِيُّ قَالَ سَأَلَ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ اَلنُّعْمَانِ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: فَقَالَ لَهُ عِنْدِي جُوَيْرِيَةٌ لَيْسَ بَيْنِي وَ بَيْنَهَا رَحِمٌ وَ لَهَا سِتُّ سِنِينَ قَالَ "لاَ تَضَعْهَا فِي حَجْرِكَ".
Abdullah ibn Yahya al-Kahili narrated that Ahmad ibn al-Numan asked Abu Abdillah عليه السلام: "I have a young bondwoman who is not related to me by blood, and she is six years old." Imam عليه السلام said: "Do not place her in your lap."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh, p. 281