Chapter on the Ages That Children Are Commanded to Pray
Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām|Volume 2|Book 1|Chapter 18
اَلْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُعَلَّى بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ اَلْوَشَّاءِ عَنِ اَلْمُفَضَّلِ بْنِ صَالِحٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ اَلصِّبْيَانِ إِذَا صَفُّوا فِي اَلصَّلاَةِ اَلْمَكْتُوبَةِ قَالَ« لاَ تُؤَخِّرُوهُمْ عَنِ اَلصَّلاَةِ وَ فَرِّقُوا بَيْنَهُمْ»
Al-Husayn ibn Muhammad, from Mu‘alla ibn Muhammad, from Al-Washsha’, from Al-Mufaddal ibn Salih, from Jabir, from Abu Ja‘far, peace be upon him, said:
I asked Imam عليه السلام about children when they line up in rows for the obligatory prayer. Imam عليه السلام said: "Do not keep them back from the prayer, but separate them (do not let them stand together in one continuous row)."
- Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām fī Sharḥ al-Muqniʿah, vol. 2, p. 410
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