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 فِي رِوَايَةِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ عَنِ اَلْعُبَيْدِيِّ عَنْ زَكَرِيَّا اَلْمُؤْمِنِ رَفَعَهُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: "إِذَا بَلَغَتِ اَلْجَارِيَةُ سِتَّ سِنِينَ فَلاَ يُقَبِّلُهَا اَلْغُلاَمُ وَ اَلْغُلاَمُ لاَ يُقَبِّلُ اَلْمَرْأَةَ إِذَا جَازَ سَبْعَ سِنِينَ".
In a narration from Muhammad ibn Ahmad, from Al-Ubaydi, from Zakariya al-Mu'min, who raised it to Abu Abdillah عليه السلام, he said: "When a girl reaches six years of age, a boy should not kiss her, and a boy should not kiss a woman once he passes seven years of age."
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