Chapter on Disciplining and Testing a Child
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 3|Book 3|Chapter 53
قَالَ اَلصَّادِقُ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: "دَعِ اِبْنَكَ يَلْعَبْ سَبْعَ سِنِينَ وَ يُؤَدَّبْ سَبْعَ سِنِينَ وَ أَلْزِمْهُ نَفْسَكَ سَبْعَ سِنِينَ فَإِنْ أَفْلَحَ وَ إِلاَّ فَإِنَّهُ مِمَّنْ لاَ خَيْرَ فِيهِ".
Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq عليه السلام said: "Let your child play for seven years, then discipline him for seven years, and then keep him close to yourself for seven years. If he succeeds, then that is well; but if not, then he is among those in whom there is no good."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh