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 أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي نَصْرٍ عَنِ اَلرِّضَا عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: "يُؤْخَذُ اَلْغُلاَمُ بِالصَّلاَةِ وَ هُوَ اِبْنُ سَبْعِ سِنِينَ وَ لاَ تُغَطِّي اَلْمَرْأَةُ شَعْرَهَا مِنْهُ حَتَّى يَحْتَلِمَ".
Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Nasr narrated from Imam Ali ibn Musa Ar-Ridha عليه السلام, who said: "A boy is instructed to perform prayer when he is seven years old, and a woman is not required to cover her hair in front of him until he reaches puberty."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh, p. 281